About Forest Block Village

Forest Block is a small village in Dumaria tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 187, made up of 80 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,338 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1101 hectares hectares.

Forest Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Forest Block village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Dumaria
Area (hectares)	1101 hectares
Population	187
Male Population	80
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,338
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 Forest Block compares

By the 2011 count Forest Block is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 688 residents. Its 1101 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Forest Block

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

Forest Block lies about 130 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Manoharpur, about 11 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 Forest Block
Nearest railway station	Manoharpur	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dumaria	21 km
Nearest town	Bada Barabīl	28 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	130 km

Villages closest to Forest Block

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumaria 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 Forest Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Forest Block village had a population of 187. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 688 residents.

Forest Block village has 80 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Forest Block has about 1338 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Forest Block covers 1101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Forest Block falls under Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Forest Block is Manoharpur, about 11 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 Forest Block.

Forest Block is about 130 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Forest Block is in Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Manoharpur is about 11 km away. Dumaria is about 21 km away. Bada Barabīl is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.