About Paratappur Village

Paratappur is a small village in Untari Road tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 207, made up of 113 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 812124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paratappur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paratappur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Untari Road
Pincode	812124
Area (hectares)	127.12 hectares
Population	207
Male Population	113
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	832
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 Paratappur compares

By the 2011 count Paratappur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,496 residents. Its 127.12 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 914.

Getting to Paratappur

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

Paratappur lies about 27 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Chichaki, about 4.4 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 Paratappur
Nearest railway station	Chichaki	4.4 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Untari Road	27 km
District headquarters	Palamu	27 km

Villages closest to Paratappur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Untari Road 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 Paratappur

As per the Census of India 2011, Paratappur village had a population of 207. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,496 residents.

Paratappur village has 113 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paratappur has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Paratappur is 812124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paratappur covers 127.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paratappur falls under Untari Road tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Paratappur is Chichaki, about 4.4 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 Paratappur.

Paratappur is about 27 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paratappur is in Untari Road tehsil of Palamu district. Chichaki is about 4.4 km away. Barki Saria is about 12 km away. Untari Road is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.