About Bhurapahar Village

Bhurapahar is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 71, made up of 41 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 732 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhurapahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhurapahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816120
Area (hectares)	86 hectares
Population	71
Male Population	41
Female Population	30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	732
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 Bhurapahar compares

By the 2011 count Bhurapahar is the 194th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 86 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1022.

Getting to Bhurapahar

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

Bhurapahar lies about 33 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 Bhurapahar
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	12 km
Nearest railway station	Tinpahar Junction	26 km
Nearest town	Godda	32 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	33 km

Villages closest to Bhurapahar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Borio 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 Bhurapahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhurapahar village had a population of 71. That makes it the 194th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Bhurapahar village has 41 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhurapahar has about 732 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Bhurapahar is 816120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhurapahar covers 86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhurapahar falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhurapahar 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 Bhurapahar.

Bhurapahar is about 33 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhurapahar is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 12 km away. Tinpahar Junction is about 26 km away. Godda is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.