About Faridampur Village

Faridampur is a mid sized village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 902, made up of 480 males and 422 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95 hectares hectares.

Faridampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faridampur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sonhaula
Area (hectares)	95 hectares
Population	902
Male Population	480
Female Population	422
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Faridampur compares

By the 2011 count Faridampur is the 76th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 95 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Faridampur

Faridampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Faridampur as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Faridampur from other places

Faridampur lies about 22 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghogha, about 6.1 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 Faridampur
Nearest railway station	Ghogha	6.1 km
Nearest town	Colgong	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhaula	22 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	22 km

Villages closest to Faridampur

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 Faridampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Faridampur village had a population of 902. That makes it the 76th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Faridampur village has 480 males and 422 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faridampur has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Faridampur covers 95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Faridampur falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Faridampur is Ghogha, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Faridampur.

Faridampur is about 22 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Faridampur is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ghogha is about 6.1 km away. Colgong is about 14 km away. Sonhaula is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.