About Bufsi Village

Bufsi is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 150, made up of 78 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bufsi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bufsi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816129
Area (hectares)	137.89 hectares
Population	150
Male Population	78
Female Population	72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
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 Bufsi compares

By the 2011 count Bufsi is the 105th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 137.89 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Bufsi

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

Bufsi lies about 18 km from Sahibganj. 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 Bufsi
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	5.4 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	15 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	18 km

Villages closest to Bufsi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bufsi village had a population of 150. That makes it the 105th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Bufsi village has 78 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bufsi has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Bufsi is 816129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bufsi covers 137.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bufsi falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Bufsi notes the nearest railway station 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 Bufsi.

Bufsi is about 18 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bufsi is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Taljhari is about 5.4 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 km away. Sahibganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.