About Jagdishpur Village

Jagdishpur is one of the larger villages in Jagdishpur tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,803, made up of 3,623 males and 3,180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 357 hectares hectares.

Jagdishpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jagdishpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Jagdishpur
Area (hectares)	357 hectares
Population	6,803
Male Population	3,623
Female Population	3,180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Jagdishpur compares

By the 2011 count Jagdishpur is the 12th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,264 residents. Its 357 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Jagdishpur

Jagdishpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Jagdishpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Jagdishpur from other places

Jagdishpur lies about 133 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Sakri Junction, about 7.2 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 Jagdishpur
Nearest railway station	Sakri Junction	7.2 km
Nearest town	Benipur	11 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	133 km

Villages closest to Jagdishpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jagdishpur village had a population of 6,803. That makes it the 12th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,264 residents.

Jagdishpur village has 3,623 males and 3,180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jagdishpur has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Jagdishpur covers 357 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Jagdishpur falls under Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Jagdishpur is Sakri Junction, about 7.2 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 village for Jagdishpur.

Jagdishpur is about 133 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jagdishpur is in Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Sakri Junction is about 7.2 km away. Benipur is about 11 km away. Bhagalpur is about 133 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bichlajangalmahaljagdishpur (under 2 km), Utarwarijangalmahaljagdishpur (under 2 km) and Dhawa Fatehpur (under 2 km).