About Afzalpur Village

Afzalpur is a mid sized village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 539, made up of 287 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23 hectares hectares.

Afzalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Afzalpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sonhaula
Area (hectares)	23 hectares
Population	539
Male Population	287
Female Population	252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Afzalpur compares

By the 2011 count Afzalpur is the 97th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 23 hectares work out to about 23 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 907.

Getting to Afzalpur

Afzalpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Afzalpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Afzalpur from other places

Afzalpur lies about 34 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, 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 Afzalpur
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	12 km
Nearest town	Colgong	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhaula	34 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	34 km

Villages closest to Afzalpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Afzalpur village had a population of 539. That makes it the 97th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Afzalpur village has 287 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Afzalpur 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 907.

Afzalpur covers 23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Afzalpur falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Afzalpur is Ekchari, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Afzalpur.

Afzalpur is about 34 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Afzalpur is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ekchari is about 12 km away. Colgong is about 14 km away. Sonhaula is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.