About Adar Village

Adar is a small village in Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 66, made up of 36 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Adar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Adar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha
Pincode	822113
Area (hectares)	286 hectares
Population	66
Male Population	36
Female Population	30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
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 Adar compares

By the 2011 count Adar is the 81st largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 819 residents. Its 286 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 926.

Getting to Adar

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

Adar lies about 16 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Gumia, about 8.9 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 Adar
Nearest railway station	Gumia	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha	16 km
District headquarters	Palamu	16 km

Villages closest to Adar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha 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 Adar

As per the Census of India 2011, Adar village had a population of 66. That makes it the 81st largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 819 residents.

Adar village has 36 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adar has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Adar is 822113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Adar covers 286 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Adar falls under Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Adar is Gumia, about 8.9 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 Adar.

Adar is about 16 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Adar is in Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha tehsil of Palamu district. Gumia is about 8.9 km away. Nawadiha Bazar Nawadiha is about 16 km away. Palamu is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.