About Padapahar Village

Padapahar is a mid sized village in Noamundi tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,594, made up of 781 males and 813 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1071.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padapahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padapahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Noamundi
Pincode	833218
Area (hectares)	1071.18 hectares
Population	1,594
Male Population	781
Female Population	813
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Padapahar compares

By the 2011 count Padapahar is the 7th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 949 residents. Its 1071.18 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Padapahar

Padapahar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Padapahar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padapahar from other places

Padapahar lies about 48 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is PadapaharJunction, about under 2 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 Padapahar
Nearest railway station	PadapaharJunction	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Noamundi	3.9 km
Nearest town	Bada Barabīl	16 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	48 km

Villages closest to Padapahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padapahar village had a population of 1,594. That makes it the 7th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 949 residents.

Padapahar village has 781 males and 813 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padapahar has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Padapahar is 833218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padapahar covers 1071.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Padapahar falls under Noamundi tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Padapahar is PadapaharJunction, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Padapahar.

Padapahar is about 48 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padapahar is in Noamundi tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. PadapaharJunction is about under 2 km away. Noamundi is about 3.9 km away. Bada Barabīl is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.