About Petula Village

Petula is a mid sized village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,143, made up of 491 males and 652 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,328 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Petula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Petula village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Chauparan
Pincode	825406
Area (hectares)	104.98 hectares
Population	1,143
Male Population	491
Female Population	652
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,328
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Petula compares

By the 2011 count Petula is the 41st largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 104.98 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Petula

Petula is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Petula as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Petula from other places

Petula lies about 50 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Gujhandi, about 12 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 Petula
Nearest railway station	Gujhandi	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chauparan	13 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	16 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	50 km

Villages closest to Petula

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Petula village had a population of 1,143. That makes it the 41st largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Petula village has 491 males and 652 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Petula has about 1328 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Petula is 825406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Petula covers 104.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Petula falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Petula is Gujhandi, about 12 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 10+ km distance for Petula.

Petula is about 50 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Petula is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Gujhandi is about 12 km away. Chauparan is about 13 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.