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About Indrapahari Village

Indrapahari is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 206, made up of 97 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,124 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Indrapahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Indrapahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Pincode 816117
Area (hectares) 48.06 hectares
Population 206
Male Population 97
Female Population 109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,124
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 Indrapahari compares

By the 2011 count Indrapahari is the 249th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 48.06 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Indrapahari

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

Indrapahari lies about 33 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 8.5 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 Indrapahari
Nearest town Nalhāti 8.4 km
Nearest railway station Chatra 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 14 km
District headquarters Pakur 33 km

Villages closest to Indrapahari

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

Common questions about Indrapahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Indrapahari village had a population of 206. That makes it the 249th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Indrapahari village has 97 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Indrapahari has about 1124 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Indrapahari is 816117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Indrapahari covers 48.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Indrapahari falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Indrapahari is Chatra, about 8.5 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 Indrapahari.

Indrapahari is about 33 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Indrapahari is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Nalhāti is about 8.4 km away. Chatra is about 8.5 km away. Maheshpur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darbaribathan (under 2 km), Siramgaria (under 2 km) and Bhulipathar (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Indrapahari today is likely to be higher.

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