About Purhara Village

Purhara is a small village in Deori tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 189 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purhara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Deori
Pincode	815314
Area (hectares)	83.38 hectares
Population	352
Male Population	189
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purhara compares

By the 2011 count Purhara is the 141st largest of the 251 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 83.38 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Purhara

Purhara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purhara as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Purhara from other places

Purhara lies about 131 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Namkon, about 2.4 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 Purhara
Nearest railway station	Namkon	2.4 km
Nearest town	Ranchi	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Deori	22 km
District headquarters	Giridih	131 km

Villages closest to Purhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purhara village had a population of 352. That makes it the 141st largest of the 251 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Purhara village has 189 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purhara has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Purhara is 815314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purhara covers 83.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purhara falls under Deori tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purhara is Namkon, about 2.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Purhara.

Purhara is about 131 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purhara is in Deori tehsil of Giridih district. Namkon is about 2.4 km away. Ranchi is about 9.3 km away. Deori is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.