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About Pawkuriya Village

Pawkuriya is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 33, made up of 18 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males.

Pawkuriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pawkuriya village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Sundarpahari
Population 33
Male Population 18
Female Population 15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pawkuriya compares

By the 2011 count Pawkuriya is the 192nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 300 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Pawkuriya

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

Pawkuriya lies about 71 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 13 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 Pawkuriya
Nearest railway station Harinsing 13 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Sundarpahari 34 km
District headquarters Godda 71 km

Villages closest to Pawkuriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pawkuriya village had a population of 33. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Pawkuriya village has 18 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pawkuriya has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Pawkuriya falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pawkuriya is Harinsing, about 13 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 and private bus service as Available for Pawkuriya.

Pawkuriya is about 71 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pawkuriya is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Harinsing is about 13 km away. Nalhāti is about 18 km away. Sundarpahari is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhaluka (9.2 km), Kagra (11 km) and Jamdiha (12 km).

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

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