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About Usmanpur Village

Usmanpur is one of the larger villages in Kharik tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12,771, made up of 6,836 males and 5,935 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 950 hectares hectares.

Usmanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Usmanpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Kharik
Area (hectares) 950 hectares
Population 12,771
Male Population 6,836
Female Population 5,935
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
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 Usmanpur compares

By the 2011 count Usmanpur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 6,038 residents. Its 950 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 882.

Getting to Usmanpur

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

Usmanpur lies about 12 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Thana Bihpur Junction, about 5.9 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 Usmanpur
Tehsil headquarters Kharik 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Thana Bihpur Junction 5.9 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 12 km
Nearest town Bhāgalpur 12 km

Villages closest to Usmanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Usmanpur village had a population of 12,771. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,038 residents.

Usmanpur village has 6,836 males and 5,935 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Usmanpur has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 882.

Usmanpur covers 950 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Usmanpur falls under Kharik tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Usmanpur is Thana Bihpur Junction, about 5.9 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 Usmanpur.

Usmanpur is about 12 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Usmanpur is in Kharik tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Kharik is about 4.2 km away. Thana Bihpur Junction is about 5.9 km away. Bhagalpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lodipur (2.2 km), Telghi (2.3 km) and Khairpur Sobganj (2.9 km).

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

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