About Bhandar Village

Bhandar is a small village in Hariharganj tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 22 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhandar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhandar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Hariharganj
Pincode	822131
Area (hectares)	44 hectares
Population	40
Male Population	22
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhandar compares

By the 2011 count Bhandar is the 74th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 44 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Bhandar

Bhandar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bhandar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bhandar from other places

Bhandar lies about 2.5 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Bermo, about 7.5 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 Bhandar
Tehsil headquarters	Hariharganj	2.5 km
District headquarters	Palamu	2.5 km
Nearest town	Kāro	7.1 km
Nearest railway station	Bermo	7.5 km

Villages closest to Bhandar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhandar village had a population of 40. That makes it the 74th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Bhandar village has 22 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhandar has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Bhandar is 822131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhandar covers 44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhandar falls under Hariharganj tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhandar is Bermo, about 7.5 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 village for Bhandar.

Bhandar is about 2.5 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhandar is in Hariharganj tehsil of Palamu district. Hariharganj is about 2.5 km away. Palamu is about 2.5 km away. Kāro is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.