About Jarpahar Village

Jarpahar is a small village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 187, made up of 99 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jarpahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jarpahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Pincode	816102
Area (hectares)	201.12 hectares
Population	187
Male Population	99
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
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 Jarpahar compares

By the 2011 count Jarpahar is the 109th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 201.12 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Jarpahar

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

Jarpahar lies about 16 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 3.6 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 Jarpahar
Nearest railway station	Karanpurato	3.6 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	16 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	16 km

Villages closest to Jarpahar

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 Jarpahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Jarpahar village had a population of 187. That makes it the 109th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Jarpahar village has 99 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jarpahar has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Jarpahar is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jarpahar covers 201.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jarpahar falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Jarpahar is Karanpurato, about 3.6 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 Jarpahar.

Jarpahar is about 16 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jarpahar is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karanpurato is about 3.6 km away. Rājmahal is about 14 km away. Barhait is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.