About Faridpur Village

Faridpur is a mid sized village in Amarpur tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 684, made up of 367 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48 hectares hectares.

Faridpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faridpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Amarpur
Area (hectares)	48 hectares
Population	684
Male Population	367
Female Population	317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Faridpur compares

By the 2011 count Faridpur is the 78th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents. Its 48 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Faridpur

Faridpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Faridpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Faridpur from other places

Faridpur lies about 33 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Tikani, about 9.4 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 Faridpur
Nearest railway station	Tikani	9.4 km
Nearest town	Purāini	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amarpur	21 km
District headquarters	Banka	33 km

Villages closest to Faridpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Faridpur village had a population of 684. That makes it the 78th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents.

Faridpur village has 367 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faridpur has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Faridpur covers 48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Faridpur falls under Amarpur tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Faridpur is Tikani, about 9.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Faridpur.

Faridpur is about 33 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Faridpur is in Amarpur tehsil of Banka district. Tikani is about 9.4 km away. Purāini is about 10 km away. Amarpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.