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About Purnadabar Village

Purnadabar is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 282, made up of 135 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purnadabar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purnadabar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Gawan
Pincode 815313
Area (hectares) 55 hectares
Population 282
Male Population 135
Female Population 147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,089
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purnadabar compares

By the 2011 count Purnadabar is the 75th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Purnadabar

Purnadabar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purnadabar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Purnadabar from other places

Purnadabar lies about 61 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 20 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 Purnadabar
Tehsil headquarters Gawan 2.3 km
Nearest railway station Dhanwar 20 km
Nearest town Kodarma 35 km
District headquarters Giridih 61 km

Villages closest to Purnadabar

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.

Common questions about Purnadabar

As per the Census of India 2011, Purnadabar village had a population of 282. That makes it the 75th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Purnadabar village has 135 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purnadabar has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

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

Purnadabar covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purnadabar falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purnadabar is Dhanwar, about 20 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 village for Purnadabar.

Purnadabar is about 61 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purnadabar is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 2.3 km away. Dhanwar is about 20 km away. Kodarma is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagdedih (under 2 km), Dabar (under 2 km) and Patna (1.7 km).

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

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