About Pachamba Village

Pachamba is a small village in Jamua tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 161, made up of 89 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 809 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pachamba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pachamba village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Jamua
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	79.36 hectares
Population	161
Male Population	89
Female Population	72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	809
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 Pachamba compares

By the 2011 count Pachamba is the 261st largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 79.36 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 947.

Getting to Pachamba

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

Pachamba lies about 143 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Bansinala Halt, about 36 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 Pachamba
Nearest town	Bagaha	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jamua	33 km
Nearest railway station	Bansinala Halt	36 km
District headquarters	Giridih	143 km

Villages closest to Pachamba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pachamba village had a population of 161. That makes it the 261st largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Pachamba village has 89 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pachamba has about 809 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

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

Pachamba covers 79.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pachamba falls under Jamua tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pachamba is Bansinala Halt, about 36 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 Pachamba.

Pachamba is about 143 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pachamba is in Jamua tehsil of Giridih district. Bagaha is about 18 km away. Jamua is about 33 km away. Bansinala Halt is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.