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About Padumdih Village

Padumdih is a small village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 106, made up of 58 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padumdih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padumdih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Barhait
Pincode 816102
Area (hectares) 46.64 hectares
Population 106
Male Population 58
Female Population 48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 828
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 Padumdih compares

By the 2011 count Padumdih is the 143rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 46.64 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Padumdih

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

Padumdih lies about 18 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Taljhari, about 6.1 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 Padumdih
Nearest railway station Taljhari 6.1 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Barhait 18 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 18 km

Villages closest to Padumdih

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.

Common questions about Padumdih

As per the Census of India 2011, Padumdih village had a population of 106. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Padumdih village has 58 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padumdih has about 828 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 Padumdih is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padumdih covers 46.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padumdih falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Padumdih is Taljhari, about 6.1 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 Padumdih.

Padumdih is about 18 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padumdih is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Taljhari is about 6.1 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 km away. Barhait is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Argandi (under 2 km), Bastadih (under 2 km) and Bedomori (under 2 km).

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

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