About Haphu Village

Haphu is a mid sized village in Kamdara tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,041, made up of 534 males and 507 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 513 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Haphu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Haphu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Kamdara
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	513 hectares
Population	1,041
Male Population	534
Female Population	507
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Haphu compares

By the 2011 count Haphu is the 23rd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 874 residents. Its 513 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Haphu

Haphu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Haphu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Haphu from other places

Haphu lies about 35 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 8.8 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 Haphu
Tehsil headquarters	Kamdara	7.1 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	8.8 km
District headquarters	Gumla	35 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	35 km

Villages closest to Haphu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Haphu village had a population of 1,041. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 874 residents.

Haphu village has 534 males and 507 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Haphu has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Haphu is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Haphu covers 513 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Haphu falls under Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Haphu is Bakaspur, about 8.8 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 village for Haphu.

Haphu is about 35 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Haphu is in Kamdara tehsil of Gumla district. Kamdara is about 7.1 km away. Bakaspur is about 8.8 km away. Gumla is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.