About Purpahar Village

Purpahar is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 87, made up of 41 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purpahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purpahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	186 hectares
Population	87
Male Population	41
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,122
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purpahar compares

By the 2011 count Purpahar is the 214th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 186 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Purpahar

Purpahar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Purpahar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Phulpahari, Phulsahari, Pirargaria and Pokharia. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Purpahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Purpahar village had a population of 87. That makes it the 214th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Purpahar village has 41 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purpahar has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Purpahar is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purpahar covers 186 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purpahar falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Purpahar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Purpahar.

Purpahar is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.