About Paharpur Village

Paharpur is a mid sized village in Thakurgangti tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 576, made up of 311 males and 265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.77 hectares hectares.

Paharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paharpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Thakurgangti
Area (hectares)	37.77 hectares
Population	576
Male Population	311
Female Population	265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Paharpur compares

By the 2011 count Paharpur is the 55th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 37.77 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Paharpur

Paharpur 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 Paharpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Paharpur from other places

Paharpur lies about 46 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ammapali, about 10 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	Thakurgangti	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Ammapali	10 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	21 km
District headquarters	Godda	46 km

Villages closest to Paharpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thakurgangti 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 576. That makes it the 55th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Paharpur village has 311 males and 265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paharpur has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Paharpur covers 37.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Paharpur falls under Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Paharpur is Ammapali, about 10 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 for Paharpur.

Paharpur is about 46 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paharpur is in Thakurgangti tehsil of Godda district. Thakurgangti is about 7.5 km away. Ammapali is about 10 km away. Sāhibganj is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.