About Pharsa Village

Pharsa is a mid sized village in Jaldega tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 505, made up of 244 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 401.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pharsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pharsa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Jaldega
Pincode	835201
Area (hectares)	401.3 hectares
Population	505
Male Population	244
Female Population	261
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 10+ km distance

How Pharsa compares

By the 2011 count Pharsa is the 39th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 401.3 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1013.

Getting to Pharsa

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

Pharsa lies about 51 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Parbatonia, about 5.4 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 Pharsa
Nearest railway station	Parbatonia	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaldega	20 km
Nearest town	Birmitrapur	22 km
District headquarters	Simdega	51 km

Villages closest to Pharsa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pharsa village had a population of 505. That makes it the 39th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Pharsa village has 244 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pharsa has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Pharsa is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pharsa covers 401.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pharsa falls under Jaldega tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pharsa is Parbatonia, about 5.4 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 Pharsa.

Pharsa is about 51 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pharsa is in Jaldega tehsil of Simdega district. Parbatonia is about 5.4 km away. Jaldega is about 20 km away. Birmitrapur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.