About Madhepura Village

Madhepura is a mid sized village in Raniganj tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 620, made up of 336 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108 hectares hectares.

Madhepura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhepura village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Raniganj
Area (hectares)	108 hectares
Population	620
Male Population	336
Female Population	284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	845
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 Madhepura compares

By the 2011 count Madhepura is the 76th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,660 residents. Its 108 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Madhepura

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

Madhepura lies about 19 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Gogipothia Halt, about 6.9 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 Madhepura
Nearest railway station	Gogipothia Halt	6.9 km
Nearest town	Shahbazpur	9.1 km
District headquarters	Araria	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raniganj	23 km

Villages closest to Madhepura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhepura village had a population of 620. That makes it the 76th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,660 residents.

Madhepura village has 336 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhepura has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Madhepura covers 108 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madhepura falls under Raniganj tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Madhepura is Gogipothia Halt, about 6.9 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 Madhepura.

Madhepura is about 19 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhepura is in Raniganj tehsil of Araria district. Gogipothia Halt is about 6.9 km away. Shahbazpur is about 9.1 km away. Araria is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.