About Porotola Village

Porotola is a small village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 25, made up of 11 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,273 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.13 hectares hectares.

Porotola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porotola village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Area (hectares)	19.13 hectares
Population	25
Male Population	11
Female Population	14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,273
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 Porotola compares

By the 2011 count Porotola is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 19.13 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1008.

Getting to Porotola

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

Porotola lies about 32 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Tinpahar Junction, about 26 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 Porotola
Nearest railway station	Tinpahar Junction	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	32 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	32 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	32 km

Villages closest to Porotola

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 Porotola

As per the Census of India 2011, Porotola village had a population of 25. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Porotola village has 11 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porotola has about 1273 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

Porotola covers 19.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Porotola falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Porotola is Tinpahar Junction, about 26 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 Porotola.

Porotola is about 32 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porotola is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Tinpahar Junction is about 26 km away. Barhait is about 32 km away. Sahibganj is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.