About Patharghata Village

Patharghata is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 248 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patharghata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patharghata village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	816107
Area (hectares)	229 hectares
Population	478
Male Population	248
Female Population	230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Patharghata compares

By the 2011 count Patharghata is the 152nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 229 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Patharghata

Patharghata is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Patharghata as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Patharghata from other places

Patharghata lies about 18 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Banshlai Bridge, 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 Patharghata
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Banshlai Bridge	6.2 km
District headquarters	Pakur	18 km

Villages closest to Patharghata

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.

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Common questions about Patharghata

As per the Census of India 2011, Patharghata village had a population of 478. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Patharghata village has 248 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patharghata has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Patharghata is 816107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patharghata covers 229 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patharghata falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Patharghata is Banshlai Bridge, about 6.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Patharghata.

Patharghata is about 18 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patharghata is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 3.7 km away. Banshlai Bridge is about 6.2 km away. Pakur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.