About Malikpur Village

Malikpur is a small village in Shahkund tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 260 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95 hectares hectares.

Malikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malikpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Shahkund
Area (hectares)	95 hectares
Population	484
Male Population	260
Female Population	224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
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 Malikpur compares

By the 2011 count Malikpur is the 77th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents. Its 95 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Malikpur

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

Malikpur lies about 32 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ganganiyan, about 12 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 Malikpur
Nearest railway station	Ganganiyan	12 km
Nearest town	Kharagpur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkund	14 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	32 km

Villages closest to Malikpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malikpur village had a population of 484. That makes it the 77th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents.

Malikpur village has 260 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malikpur has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 886.

Malikpur covers 95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malikpur falls under Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Malikpur is Ganganiyan, about 12 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 Malikpur.

Malikpur is about 32 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malikpur is in Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ganganiyan is about 12 km away. Kharagpur is about 12 km away. Shahkund is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.