About Rampur Village

Rampur is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 109 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,147 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rampur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	122.39 hectares
Population	234
Male Population	109
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,147
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rampur compares

By the 2011 count Rampur is the 167th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 122.39 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Rampur

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

Rampur lies about 29 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 Rampur
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	29 km
District headquarters	Dumka	29 km

Villages closest to Rampur

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 Rampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rampur village had a population of 234. That makes it the 167th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Rampur village has 109 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rampur has about 1147 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Rampur covers 122.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rampur falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rampur is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rampur.

Rampur 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.

Rampur is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 21 km away. Shikaripara is about 29 km away. Dumka is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.