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About Bistampur Village

Bistampur is a small village in Saraikela tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6, made up of 4 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bistampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bistampur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Saraikela
Pincode 833220
Area (hectares) 65.77 hectares
Population 6
Male Population 4
Female Population 2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 500
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bistampur compares

By the 2011 count Bistampur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 435 residents. Its 65.77 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 1006.

Getting to Bistampur

Bistampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bistampur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Bistampur from other places

Bistampur lies about 21 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Mahali Marup, 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 Bistampur
Tehsil headquarters Saraikela 6.2 km
Nearest town Gobindpur 12 km
Nearest railway station Mahali Marup 14 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 21 km

Villages closest to Bistampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bistampur village had a population of 6. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 435 residents.

Bistampur village has 4 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bistampur has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Bistampur is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bistampur covers 65.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bistampur falls under Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bistampur is Mahali Marup, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bistampur.

Bistampur is about 21 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bistampur is in Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Saraikela is about 6.2 km away. Gobindpur is about 12 km away. Mahali Marup is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jurguria (under 2 km), Soada (under 2 km) and Kadamadiha (under 2 km).

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

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