About Pakria Village

Pakria is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 141, made up of 64 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,203 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pakria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakria village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	137.61 hectares
Population	141
Male Population	64
Female Population	77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,203
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 Pakria compares

By the 2011 count Pakria is the 107th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 137.61 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Pakria

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

Pakria lies about 17 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 Pakria
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	4.2 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	14 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	17 km

Villages closest to Pakria

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 Pakria

As per the Census of India 2011, Pakria village had a population of 141. That makes it the 107th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Pakria village has 64 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakria has about 1203 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

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

Pakria covers 137.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pakria falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Pakria 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 Pakria.

Pakria 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.

Pakria is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Taljhari is about 4.2 km away. Rājmahal is about 14 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.