About Paktaripahar Village

Paktaripahar is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 236, made up of 114 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paktaripahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paktaripahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816116
Area (hectares)	61 hectares
Population	236
Male Population	114
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,070
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Paktaripahar compares

By the 2011 count Paktaripahar is the 76th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 61 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Paktaripahar

Paktaripahar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Paktaripahar 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Paktaripahar from other places

Paktaripahar lies about 38 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Bakudi, about 2.1 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 Paktaripahar
Nearest railway station	Bakudi	2.1 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	18 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	38 km

Villages closest to Paktaripahar

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 Paktaripahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Paktaripahar village had a population of 236. That makes it the 76th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Paktaripahar village has 114 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paktaripahar has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Paktaripahar is 816116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paktaripahar covers 61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paktaripahar falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Paktaripahar is Bakudi, about 2.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Paktaripahar.

Paktaripahar is about 38 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paktaripahar is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Bakudi is about 2.1 km away. Rājmahal is about 14 km away. Taljhari is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.