About Kesharpur Village

Kesharpur is a mid sized village in Ghatshila tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 595, made up of 316 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kesharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kesharpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Ghatshila
Pincode	832304
Area (hectares)	189 hectares
Population	595
Male Population	316
Female Population	279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kesharpur compares

By the 2011 count Kesharpur is the 54th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 596 residents. Its 189 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 990.

Getting to Kesharpur

Kesharpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kesharpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kesharpur from other places

Kesharpur lies about 26 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Galudih, about 9.0 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 Kesharpur
Nearest railway station	Galudih	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatshila	16 km
Nearest town	Ghātsīla	16 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	26 km

Villages closest to Kesharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kesharpur village had a population of 595. That makes it the 54th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 596 residents.

Kesharpur village has 316 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kesharpur has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Kesharpur is 832304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kesharpur covers 189 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kesharpur falls under Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kesharpur is Galudih, about 9.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kesharpur.

Kesharpur is about 26 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kesharpur is in Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Galudih is about 9.0 km away. Ghatshila is about 16 km away. Ghātsīla is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.