About Tilakpur Village

Tilakpur is a small village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 144 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120 hectares hectares.

Tilakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tilakpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sonhaula
Area (hectares)	120 hectares
Population	298
Male Population	144
Female Population	154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Tilakpur compares

By the 2011 count Tilakpur is the 112th 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 120 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Tilakpur

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

How far is Tilakpur from other places

Tilakpur lies about 26 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhauni, about 3.2 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 Tilakpur
Nearest railway station	Dhauni	3.2 km
Nearest town	Amarpur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhaula	26 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	26 km

Villages closest to Tilakpur

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 Tilakpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Tilakpur village had a population of 298. That makes it the 112th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Tilakpur village has 144 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tilakpur has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 907.

Tilakpur covers 120 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tilakpur falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Tilakpur is Dhauni, about 3.2 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 10+ km distance for Tilakpur.

Tilakpur 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.

Tilakpur is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Dhauni is about 3.2 km away. Amarpur is about 13 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.