About Madarganj Village

Madarganj is a large village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,452, made up of 1,311 males and 1,141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95 hectares hectares.

Madarganj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madarganj village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sonhaula
Area (hectares)	95 hectares
Population	2,452
Male Population	1,311
Female Population	1,141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
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 Madarganj compares

By the 2011 count Madarganj is the 16th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 95 hectares work out to about 26 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 Madarganj

Madarganj is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Madarganj 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 Madarganj from other places

Madarganj lies about 27 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, about 6.5 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 Madarganj
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	6.5 km
Nearest town	Colgong	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhaula	27 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	27 km

Villages closest to Madarganj

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 Madarganj

As per the Census of India 2011, Madarganj village had a population of 2,452. That makes it the 16th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Madarganj village has 1,311 males and 1,141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madarganj has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Madarganj covers 95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Madarganj falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Madarganj is Ekchari, about 6.5 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 Madarganj.

Madarganj is about 27 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madarganj is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ekchari is about 6.5 km away. Colgong is about 10 km away. Sonhaula is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.