About Adar Village

Adar is a small village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 347, made up of 187 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1140.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822110, 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	Chainpur
Pincode	822110
Area (hectares)	1140.97 hectares
Population	347
Male Population	187
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Adar compares

By the 2011 count Adar is the 126th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents. Its 1140.97 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 934.

Getting to Adar

Adar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. 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 5 - 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 38 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Salaia, about 14 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	Salaia	14 km
Nearest town	Giridih	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chainpur	17 km
District headquarters	Palamu	38 km

Villages closest to Adar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chainpur 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 347. That makes it the 126th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents.

Adar village has 187 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adar has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Adar is 822110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Adar covers 1140.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Adar falls under Chainpur tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Adar is Salaia, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 38 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 Chainpur tehsil of Palamu district. Salaia is about 14 km away. Giridih is about 15 km away. Chainpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.