About Paharpur Village

Paharpur is a mid sized village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 582, made up of 309 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 360.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paharpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	360.1 hectares
Population	582
Male Population	309
Female Population	273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
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 Paharpur compares

By the 2011 count Paharpur is the 82nd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 360.1 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Paharpur

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

Paharpur lies about 16 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 5.0 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 Paharpur
Nearest railway station	Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	14 km
District headquarters	Giridih	16 km

Villages closest to Paharpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bengabad 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 Paharpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Paharpur village had a population of 582. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Paharpur village has 309 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paharpur has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Paharpur is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paharpur covers 360.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paharpur falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Paharpur is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 5.0 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 Paharpur.

Paharpur is about 16 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paharpur is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 5.0 km away. Bengabad is about 14 km away. Giridih is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.