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About Milki Village

Milki is a small village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 486, made up of 276 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 761 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22 hectares hectares.

Milki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Milki village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Sonhaula
Area (hectares) 22 hectares
Population 486
Male Population 276
Female Population 210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 761
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Milki compares

By the 2011 count Milki is the 102nd 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 22 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Milki

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

How far is Milki from other places

Milki lies about 16 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Thana Bihpur Junction, about under 2 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 Milki
Nearest railway station Thana Bihpur Junction under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Sonhaula 16 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 16 km
Nearest town Bhāgalpur 16 km

Villages closest to Milki

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.

Common questions about Milki

As per the Census of India 2011, Milki village had a population of 486. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Milki village has 276 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Milki has about 761 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Milki covers 22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Milki falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Milki is Thana Bihpur Junction, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Milki.

Milki is about 16 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Milki is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Thana Bihpur Junction is about under 2 km away. Sonhaula is about 16 km away. Bhagalpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gobindpur (6.1 km), Ratanpur (6.5 km) and Tulsipur (10 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Milki today is likely to be higher.

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