About Purhara Village

Purhara is a mid sized village in Barhi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 685, made up of 344 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825405, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purhara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barhi
Pincode	825405
Area (hectares)	128 hectares
Population	685
Male Population	344
Female Population	341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purhara compares

By the 2011 count Purhara is the 57th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 128 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Purhara

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

Purhara lies about 36 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Barhi, about 2.8 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 Purhara
Nearest railway station	Barhi	2.8 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	20 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	36 km

Villages closest to Purhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purhara village had a population of 685. That makes it the 57th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Purhara village has 344 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purhara has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Purhara is 825405. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purhara covers 128 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purhara falls under Barhi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purhara is Barhi, about 2.8 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 Purhara.

Purhara is about 36 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purhara is in Barhi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Barhi is about 2.8 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 20 km away. Hazaribagh is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.