About Paharpur Village

Paharpur is a small village in Dhalbhumgarh tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 403, made up of 216 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paharpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Dhalbhumgarh
Pincode	832302
Area (hectares)	190 hectares
Population	403
Male Population	216
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
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 Paharpur compares

By the 2011 count Paharpur is the 58th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 190 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Paharpur

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

Paharpur lies about 8.1 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chirugoda, about 8.1 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 Paharpur
Tehsil headquarters	Dhalbhumgarh	7.9 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Chirugoda	8.1 km
Nearest town	Ghātsīla	12 km

Villages closest to Paharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paharpur village had a population of 403. That makes it the 58th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Paharpur village has 216 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paharpur has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Paharpur is 832302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paharpur covers 190 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paharpur falls under Dhalbhumgarh tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Paharpur is Chirugoda, about 8.1 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 Paharpur.

Paharpur is about 8.1 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paharpur is in Dhalbhumgarh tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Dhalbhumgarh is about 7.9 km away. Purbi Singhbhum is about 8.1 km away. Chirugoda is about 8.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.