About Bhagwanpur Village

Bhagwanpur is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 337, made up of 163 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhagwanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhagwanpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	194.18 hectares
Population	337
Male Population	163
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
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 Bhagwanpur compares

By the 2011 count Bhagwanpur is the 144th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 194.18 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 Bhagwanpur

Bhagwanpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bhagwanpur 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bhagwanpur from other places

Bhagwanpur lies about 29 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Bhagwanpur
Nearest railway station	Ambajora Shikaripara	11 km
Nearest town	Siuri	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	29 km
District headquarters	Dumka	29 km

Villages closest to Bhagwanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shikaripara tehsil.

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 Bhagwanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhagwanpur village had a population of 337. That makes it the 144th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Bhagwanpur village has 163 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhagwanpur has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Bhagwanpur is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhagwanpur covers 194.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhagwanpur falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhagwanpur is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Bhagwanpur.

Bhagwanpur is about 29 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhagwanpur is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Ambajora Shikaripara is about 11 km away. Siuri is about 27 km away. Shikaripara is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.