About Petsera Village

Petsera is a mid sized village in Palkot tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,064, made up of 520 males and 544 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 540 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Petsera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Petsera village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Palkot
Pincode	835220
Area (hectares)	540 hectares
Population	1,064
Male Population	520
Female Population	544
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Petsera compares

By the 2011 count Petsera is the 27th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents. Its 540 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1020.

Getting to Petsera

Petsera is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Petsera as Available within 5 - 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 Petsera from other places

Petsera lies about 26 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 26 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 Petsera
Tehsil headquarters	Palkot	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	26 km
District headquarters	Gumla	26 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	26 km

Villages closest to Petsera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Petsera village had a population of 1,064. That makes it the 27th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents.

Petsera village has 520 males and 544 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Petsera has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Petsera is 835220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Petsera covers 540 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Petsera falls under Palkot tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Petsera is Kurkura, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Petsera.

Petsera is about 26 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Petsera is in Palkot tehsil of Gumla district. Palkot is about 5.2 km away. Kurkura is about 26 km away. Gumla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.