About Patharia Village

Patharia is a mid sized village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,397, made up of 708 males and 689 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 483 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	483 hectares
Population	1,397
Male Population	708
Female Population	689
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Patharia compares

By the 2011 count Patharia is the 34th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 483 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Patharia

Patharia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Patharia as Available within 5 - 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 Patharia from other places

Patharia lies about 15 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Gumani, about 4.5 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 Patharia
Nearest railway station	Gumani	4.5 km
Nearest town	Farakka	13 km
District headquarters	Pakur	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	32 km

Villages closest to Patharia

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 Patharia

As per the Census of India 2011, Patharia village had a population of 1,397. That makes it the 34th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Patharia village has 708 males and 689 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patharia has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Patharia is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patharia covers 483 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patharia falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Patharia is Gumani, about 4.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Patharia.

Patharia is about 15 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patharia is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Gumani is about 4.5 km away. Farakka is about 13 km away. Pakur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.