About Paharpur Village

Paharpur is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 31, made up of 16 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, 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	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	94.6 hectares
Population	31
Male Population	16
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
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 Paharpur compares

By the 2011 count Paharpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 94.6 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Paharpur

Paharpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Paharpur 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 Paharpur from other places

Paharpur lies about 53 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 14 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
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	9.5 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	14 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	39 km
District headquarters	Giridih	53 km

Villages closest to Paharpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gawan 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 31. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Paharpur village has 16 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paharpur has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Paharpur is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paharpur covers 94.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paharpur falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Paharpur is Dhanwar, about 14 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 Paharpur.

Paharpur is about 53 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 Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 9.5 km away. Dhanwar is about 14 km away. Kodarma is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.