About Portanga Village

Portanga is a small village in Tati Jhariya tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 485, made up of 241 males and 244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 316 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825327, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Portanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Portanga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Tati Jhariya
Pincode	825327
Area (hectares)	316 hectares
Population	485
Male Population	241
Female Population	244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
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 Portanga compares

By the 2011 count Portanga is the 29th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 316 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Portanga

Portanga is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Portanga 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 Portanga from other places

Portanga lies about 22 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Charhi, about 19 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 Portanga
Tehsil headquarters	Tati Jhariya	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Charhi	19 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	22 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	22 km

Villages closest to Portanga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tati Jhariya 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 Portanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Portanga village had a population of 485. That makes it the 29th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Portanga village has 241 males and 244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Portanga has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Portanga is 825327. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Portanga covers 316 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Portanga falls under Tati Jhariya tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Portanga is Charhi, about 19 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 Portanga.

Portanga is about 22 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Portanga is in Tati Jhariya tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Tati Jhariya is about 8.1 km away. Charhi is about 19 km away. Hazaribagh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.