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About Panjarhar Village

Panjarhar is a mid sized village in Pathargama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 849, made up of 442 males and 407 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38 hectares hectares.

Panjarhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjarhar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Pathargama
Area (hectares) 38 hectares
Population 849
Male Population 442
Female Population 407
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Panjarhar compares

By the 2011 count Panjarhar is the 53rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 805 residents. Its 38 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Panjarhar

Panjarhar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Panjarhar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panjarhar from other places

Panjarhar lies about 12 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Panjwara Road, about 8.7 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 Panjarhar
Nearest railway station Panjwara Road 8.7 km
District headquarters Godda 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathargama 21 km

Villages closest to Panjarhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjarhar village had a population of 849. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 805 residents.

Panjarhar village has 442 males and 407 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjarhar has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Panjarhar covers 38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Panjarhar falls under Pathargama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Panjarhar is Panjwara Road, about 8.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Panjarhar.

Panjarhar is about 12 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjarhar is in Pathargama tehsil of Godda district. Panjwara Road is about 8.7 km away. Godda is about 12 km away. Pathargama is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamaldiha (2.7 km), Pipra (5.7 km) and Rangatanr (6.7 km).

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

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