About Porha Village

Porha is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,312, made up of 649 males and 663 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 726.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835331
Area (hectares)	726.21 hectares
Population	1,312
Male Population	649
Female Population	663
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Porha compares

By the 2011 count Porha is the 24th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 726.21 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Porha

Porha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Porha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Porha from other places

Porha lies about 27 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 32 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 Porha
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	9.8 km
District headquarters	Gumla	27 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	27 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	32 km

Villages closest to Porha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Porha village had a population of 1,312. That makes it the 24th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Porha village has 649 males and 663 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porha has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Porha is 835331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porha covers 726.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Porha falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Porha is Lohardaga, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance for Porha.

Porha is about 27 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porha is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 9.8 km away. Gumla is about 27 km away. Gumlā is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.