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About Haldi Pahar Village

Haldi Pahar is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 167, made up of 89 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.75 hectares hectares.

Haldi Pahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Haldi Pahar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Area (hectares) 98.75 hectares
Population 167
Male Population 89
Female Population 78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
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 Haldi Pahar compares

By the 2011 count Haldi Pahar is the 94th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 98.75 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 992.

Getting to Haldi Pahar

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

Haldi Pahar lies about 35 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Tinpahar Junction, about 14 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 Haldi Pahar
Nearest railway station Tinpahar Junction 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 20 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 24 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 35 km

Villages closest to Haldi Pahar

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.

Common questions about Haldi Pahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Haldi Pahar village had a population of 167. That makes it the 94th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Haldi Pahar village has 89 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Haldi Pahar has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Haldi Pahar covers 98.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Haldi Pahar falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Haldi Pahar is Tinpahar Junction, about 14 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 Haldi Pahar.

Haldi Pahar is about 35 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Haldi Pahar is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Tinpahar Junction is about 14 km away. Taljhari is about 20 km away. Rājmahal is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bindin Pahar (under 2 km), Partu Pahar (under 2 km) and Chabitok (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Haldi Pahar today is likely to be higher.

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