About Paharpur Village

Paharpur is a small village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 431, made up of 213 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, 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	Potka
Pincode	831002
Area (hectares)	247 hectares
Population	431
Male Population	213
Female Population	218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
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 Paharpur compares

By the 2011 count Paharpur is the 150th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 247 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Paharpur

Paharpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Paharpur 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 Paharpur from other places

Paharpur lies about 70 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Pandrasali, about 8.9 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	Potka	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Pandrasali	8.9 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	16 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	70 km

Villages closest to Paharpur

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.

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Common questions about Paharpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Paharpur village had a population of 431. That makes it the 150th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Paharpur village has 213 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paharpur has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

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

Paharpur covers 247 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Paharpur is Pandrasali, about 8.9 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 Paharpur.

Paharpur is about 70 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 Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Potka is about 7.0 km away. Pandrasali is about 8.9 km away. Chāībāsa is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.