About Poal Village

Poal is a mid sized village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,076, made up of 555 males and 521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poal village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	286 hectares
Population	1,076
Male Population	555
Female Population	521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Poal compares

By the 2011 count Poal is the 16th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 286 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Poal

Poal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Poal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Poal from other places

Poal lies about 17 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Taljhari, about 13 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 Poal
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Taljhari	13 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	17 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	17 km

Villages closest to Poal

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 Poal

As per the Census of India 2011, Poal village had a population of 1,076. That makes it the 16th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Poal village has 555 males and 521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poal has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Poal is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poal covers 286 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Poal falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Poal is Taljhari, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Poal.

Poal is about 17 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poal is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 6.8 km away. Taljhari is about 13 km away. Sahibganj is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.