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About Duwar Pahari Village

Duwar Pahari is a small village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 468, made up of 234 males and 234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duwar Pahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duwar Pahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Gande
Pincode 815312
Area (hectares) 155 hectares
Population 468
Male Population 234
Female Population 234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Duwar Pahari compares

By the 2011 count Duwar Pahari is the 129th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 155 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Duwar Pahari

Duwar Pahari is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Duwar Pahari as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Duwar Pahari from other places

Duwar Pahari lies about 17 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 6.5 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 Duwar Pahari
Tehsil headquarters Gande 4.5 km
Nearest railway station Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt 6.5 km
District headquarters Giridih 17 km

Villages closest to Duwar Pahari

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

Common questions about Duwar Pahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Duwar Pahari village had a population of 468. That makes it the 129th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Duwar Pahari village has 234 males and 234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duwar Pahari has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

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

Duwar Pahari covers 155 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Duwar Pahari falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Duwar Pahari is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 6.5 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Duwar Pahari.

Duwar Pahari is about 17 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duwar Pahari is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 4.5 km away. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 6.5 km away. Giridih is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khamhartanr (under 2 km), Mednisare (under 2 km) and Maniadih (2.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Duwar Pahari today is likely to be higher.

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