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About Tangar Pokharia Village

Tangar Pokharia is a mid sized village in Tantnagar tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,973, made up of 973 males and 1,000 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 628.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tangar Pokharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tangar Pokharia village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Tantnagar
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 628.75 hectares
Population 1,973
Male Population 973
Female Population 1,000
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
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 Tangar Pokharia compares

By the 2011 count Tangar Pokharia is the 4th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 847 residents. Its 628.75 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Tangar Pokharia

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

Tangar Pokharia lies about 32 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Jhinkpani, about 13 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 Tangar Pokharia
Tehsil headquarters Tantnagar 7.3 km
Nearest railway station Jhinkpani 13 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 19 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 32 km

Villages closest to Tangar Pokharia

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

Common questions about Tangar Pokharia

As per the Census of India 2011, Tangar Pokharia village had a population of 1,973. That makes it the 4th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 847 residents.

Tangar Pokharia village has 973 males and 1,000 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tangar Pokharia has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Tangar Pokharia is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tangar Pokharia covers 628.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tangar Pokharia falls under Tantnagar tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tangar Pokharia is Jhinkpani, about 13 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 Tangar Pokharia.

Tangar Pokharia is about 32 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tangar Pokharia is in Tantnagar tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Tantnagar is about 7.3 km away. Jhinkpani is about 13 km away. Chāībāsa is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara Bardadih (under 2 km), Chhota Bardadih (under 2 km) and Tilaijari (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Tangar Pokharia today is likely to be higher.

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