About Phulpahari Village

Phulpahari is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 323, made up of 154 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phulpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phulpahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	125 hectares
Population	323
Male Population	154
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,097
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 Phulpahari compares

By the 2011 count Phulpahari is the 149th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 125 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 Phulpahari

Phulpahari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Phulpahari 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 Phulpahari from other places

Phulpahari lies about 33 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 13 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 Phulpahari
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	13 km
Nearest town	Siuri	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	33 km
District headquarters	Dumka	33 km

Villages closest to Phulpahari

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 Phulpahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Phulpahari village had a population of 323. That makes it the 149th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Phulpahari village has 154 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phulpahari has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Phulpahari covers 125 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Phulpahari falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Phulpahari is Harinsing, about 13 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 Phulpahari.

Phulpahari is about 33 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phulpahari is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 13 km away. Siuri is about 24 km away. Shikaripara is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.