About Jharha Village

Jharha is a mid sized village in Hussainabad tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,398, made up of 730 males and 668 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Jharha compares

By the 2011 count Jharha is the 28th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 250 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Jharha

Jharha is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Jharha as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Hussainbandh, Itbandh, Itwan and Jamua. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.