# Paharpur Village, Boram, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Boram, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Paharpur

Paharpur is a village in Boram sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,387 people in 285 households**, the 16th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 1,387people (2011)
- 285households
- 54.9%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Paharpur PIN code and other codes

Paharpur falls in Boram sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatPaharpur
- Community development blockBoram
- Census village code363300

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Paharpur from nearby towns?

- Jamshedpur (district HQ)28 km by road
- Mango (nearest town)26 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Paharpur?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Paharpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jala
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Adityapur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 3 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Paharpur known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 9% of the 355 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Paharpur

Of every 100 households in Paharpur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Paharpur · ■ Boram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**90%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****24%**

**40%

Television ****5%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Paharpur?

■ Paharpur · ■ Boram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.9%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**951

Working population ****40.5%**

**47.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 38.8% for women. 51% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 172 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (7%) · **■** Marginal 347 (62%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Boram

- Bara Chirka1,475 people
- Dangdung1,420 people
- Madhabpur1,396 people
- Chunidih1,387 people
- Baghra1,379 people
- Bota1,372 people
- Palashdih Or Kankidih1,356 people
- Sukla1,275 people

[All 73 villages in Boram](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/boram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Paharpur from Jamshedpur?28 km by road
- What is the population of Paharpur?1,387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paharpur in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Boram sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Paharpur?54.9% (Census 2011)