About Paharpur Village

Paharpur is a small village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 231, made up of 115 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paharpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	233.5 hectares
Population	231
Male Population	115
Female Population	116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
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 95th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 233.5 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

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 8.7 km from Barhait, and the nearest railway station is Sahibganj, about 8.4 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
Nearest railway station	Sahibganj	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	8.7 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	8.7 km

Villages closest to Paharpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barhait 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 231. That makes it the 95th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Paharpur village has 115 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paharpur has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Paharpur is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paharpur covers 233.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paharpur falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Paharpur is Sahibganj, about 8.4 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 8.7 km from Barhait in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paharpur is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Sahibganj is about 8.4 km away. Barhait is about 8.7 km away. Sāhibganj is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.