About Bhalpahari Village

Bhalpahari is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 400, made up of 181 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,210 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhalpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhalpahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	185 hectares
Population	400
Male Population	181
Female Population	219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,210
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhalpahari compares

By the 2011 count Bhalpahari is the 131st largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 185 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Bhalpahari

Bhalpahari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bhalpahari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bhalpahari from other places

Bhalpahari lies about 28 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 5.9 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 Bhalpahari
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	5.9 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	28 km

Villages closest to Bhalpahari

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 Bhalpahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhalpahari village had a population of 400. That makes it the 131st largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Bhalpahari village has 181 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhalpahari has about 1210 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Bhalpahari is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhalpahari covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhalpahari falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhalpahari is Harinsing, about 5.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bhalpahari.

Bhalpahari is about 28 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhalpahari is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 5.9 km away. Rampur Hat is about 28 km away. Shikaripara is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.