About Porha Village

Porha is a mid sized village in Bhandra tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 859, made up of 419 males and 440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Bhandra
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	428 hectares
Population	859
Male Population	419
Female Population	440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
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 Porha compares

By the 2011 count Porha is the 27th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents. Its 428 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Porha

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

Porha lies about 20 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Akashi, about 14 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 Porha
Tehsil headquarters	Bhandra	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Akashi	14 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	20 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	20 km

Villages closest to Porha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Porha village had a population of 859. That makes it the 27th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents.

Porha village has 419 males and 440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porha has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Porha is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porha covers 428 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Porha falls under Bhandra tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Porha is Akashi, about 14 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 Porha.

Porha is about 20 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porha is in Bhandra tehsil of Lohardaga district. Bhandra is about 8.3 km away. Akashi is about 14 km away. Lohardaga is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.