About Polma Village

Polma is a small village in Mandro tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 32, made up of 17 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Polma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Polma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Mandro
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	96 hectares
Population	32
Male Population	17
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Polma compares

By the 2011 count Polma is the 157th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 96 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 1014.

Getting to Polma

Polma is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Polma as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Polma from other places

Polma lies about 12 km from Mandro, and the nearest railway station is Sahibganj, about 5.8 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 Polma
Nearest railway station	Sahibganj	5.8 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mandro	12 km

Villages closest to Polma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Polma village had a population of 32. That makes it the 157th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Polma village has 17 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Polma has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

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

Polma covers 96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Polma falls under Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Polma is Sahibganj, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Polma.

Polma is about 12 km from Mandro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Polma is in Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district. Sahibganj is about 5.8 km away. Sāhibganj is about 6.2 km away. Mandro is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.