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About Porabhumri Village

Porabhumri is a mid sized village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 804, made up of 396 males and 408 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porabhumri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porabhumri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Potka
Pincode 831002
Area (hectares) 249 hectares
Population 804
Male Population 396
Female Population 408
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Porabhumri compares

By the 2011 count Porabhumri is the 79th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 249 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Porabhumri

Porabhumri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Porabhumri 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Porabhumri from other places

Porabhumri lies about 56 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sidhirsai, about 16 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 Porabhumri
Nearest railway station Sidhirsai 16 km
Nearest town Gobindpur 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Potka 31 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 56 km

Villages closest to Porabhumri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Porabhumri village had a population of 804. That makes it the 79th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Porabhumri village has 396 males and 408 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porabhumri has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Porabhumri is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porabhumri covers 249 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Porabhumri falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Porabhumri is Sidhirsai, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Porabhumri.

Porabhumri is about 56 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porabhumri is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Sidhirsai is about 16 km away. Gobindpur is about 19 km away. Potka is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pora (under 2 km), Pora Bhalki (under 2 km) and Porahatu (under 2 km).

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

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