About Phoklo Pathar Village

Phoklo Pathar is a small village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 420, made up of 194 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,165 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phoklo Pathar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phoklo Pathar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	156.92 hectares
Population	420
Male Population	194
Female Population	226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,165
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 Phoklo Pathar compares

By the 2011 count Phoklo Pathar is the 139th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 156.92 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 Phoklo Pathar

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

Phoklo Pathar lies about 19 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 17 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 Phoklo Pathar
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	17 km
District headquarters	Giridih	19 km

Villages closest to Phoklo Pathar

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.

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Common questions about Phoklo Pathar

As per the Census of India 2011, Phoklo Pathar village had a population of 420. That makes it the 139th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Phoklo Pathar village has 194 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phoklo Pathar has about 1165 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

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

Phoklo Pathar covers 156.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Phoklo Pathar falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Phoklo Pathar is Maheshmunda Junction, about 17 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 Phoklo Pathar.

Phoklo Pathar is about 19 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phoklo Pathar is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 8.9 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 17 km away. Giridih is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.