About Porotola Village

Porotola is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 86, made up of 42 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porotola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porotola village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816120
Area (hectares)	43 hectares
Population	86
Male Population	42
Female Population	44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Porotola compares

By the 2011 count Porotola is the 181st largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 43 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Porotola

Porotola is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Porotola as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 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 12 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
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Tinpahar Junction	12 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	22 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	32 km

Villages closest to Porotola

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 Porotola

As per the Census of India 2011, Porotola village had a population of 86. That makes it the 181st largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Porotola village has 42 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porotola has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

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

Porotola covers 43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Porotola falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Porotola is Tinpahar Junction, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 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 Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 9.8 km away. Tinpahar Junction is about 12 km away. Rājmahal is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.