About Faridpur Village

Faridpur is a mid sized village in Goradih tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 617, made up of 324 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29 hectares hectares.

Faridpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faridpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Goradih
Area (hectares)	29 hectares
Population	617
Male Population	324
Female Population	293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
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 Faridpur compares

By the 2011 count Faridpur is the 58th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,805 residents. Its 29 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Faridpur

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

Faridpur lies about 16 km from Bhagalpur, 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
Tehsil headquarters	Goradih	2.8 km
Nearest railway station	Tikani	9.4 km
Nearest town	Purāini	10 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	16 km

Villages closest to Faridpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goradih 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 617. That makes it the 58th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,805 residents.

Faridpur village has 324 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faridpur has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 888.

Faridpur covers 29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Faridpur falls under Goradih tehsil of Bhagalpur 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Faridpur.

Faridpur is about 16 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Faridpur is in Goradih tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Goradih is about 2.8 km away. Tikani is about 9.4 km away. Purāini is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.