About Pajhri Village

Pajhri is a mid sized village in Bhandra tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 508, made up of 273 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pajhri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pajhri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Bhandra
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	173 hectares
Population	508
Male Population	273
Female Population	235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pajhri compares

By the 2011 count Pajhri is the 39th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents. Its 173 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Pajhri

Pajhri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pajhri 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pajhri from other places

Pajhri lies about 17 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Akashi, about 6.2 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 Pajhri
Tehsil headquarters	Bhandra	2.8 km
Nearest railway station	Akashi	6.2 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	17 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	17 km

Villages closest to Pajhri

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 Pajhri

As per the Census of India 2011, Pajhri village had a population of 508. That makes it the 39th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents.

Pajhri village has 273 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pajhri has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

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

Pajhri covers 173 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pajhri falls under Bhandra tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pajhri is Akashi, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Pajhri.

Pajhri is about 17 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pajhri is in Bhandra tehsil of Lohardaga district. Bhandra is about 2.8 km away. Akashi is about 6.2 km away. Lohardaga is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.