About Madhepur Village

Madhepur is a large village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,532, made up of 1,841 males and 1,691 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares.

Madhepur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhepur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sonhaula
Area (hectares)	72 hectares
Population	3,532
Male Population	1,841
Female Population	1,691
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
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 Madhepur compares

By the 2011 count Madhepur is the 14th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 72 hectares work out to about 49 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Madhepur

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

Madhepur lies about 26 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghogha, about 11 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 Madhepur
Nearest railway station	Ghogha	11 km
Nearest town	Colgong	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhaula	26 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	26 km

Villages closest to Madhepur

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 Madhepur

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhepur village had a population of 3,532. That makes it the 14th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Madhepur village has 1,841 males and 1,691 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhepur has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 907.

Madhepur covers 72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 49 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Madhepur falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Madhepur is Ghogha, about 11 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 Madhepur.

Madhepur is about 26 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhepur is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ghogha is about 11 km away. Colgong is about 18 km away. Sonhaula is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.