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About Madhurapur Village

Madhurapur is a small village in Colgong tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 177, made up of 96 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madhurapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhurapur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Colgong
Pincode 813222
Area (hectares) 284 hectares
Population 177
Male Population 96
Female Population 81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Madhurapur compares

By the 2011 count Madhurapur is the 115th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,374 residents. Its 284 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Madhurapur

Madhurapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Madhurapur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Madhurapur from other places

Madhurapur lies about 37 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Shivanarayanpur, about under 2 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 Madhurapur
Nearest railway station Shivanarayanpur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Colgong 11 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 37 km

Villages closest to Madhurapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhurapur village had a population of 177. That makes it the 115th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,374 residents.

Madhurapur village has 96 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhurapur has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 869.

The pincode recorded for Madhurapur is 813222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madhurapur covers 284 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madhurapur falls under Colgong tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Madhurapur is Shivanarayanpur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Madhurapur.

Madhurapur is about 37 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhurapur is in Colgong tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Shivanarayanpur is about under 2 km away. Colgong is about 11 km away. Bhagalpur is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mathurapur (under 2 km), Mathurapur Arazi (under 2 km) and Khajuria (under 2 km).

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

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