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About Faridpur Village

Faridpur is a mid sized village in Ratni Faridpur tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,904, made up of 1,017 males and 887 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87 hectares hectares.

Faridpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faridpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Jehanabad
Tehsil Ratni Faridpur
Area (hectares) 87 hectares
Population 1,904
Male Population 1,017
Female Population 887
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Faridpur compares

By the 2011 count Faridpur is the 24th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,685 residents. Its 87 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 918.

Getting to Faridpur

Faridpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Faridpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Faridpur from other places

Faridpur lies about 14 km from Jehanabad, and the nearest railway station is Niyazipur, about 12 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 Faridpur
Tehsil headquarters Ratni Faridpur under 2 km
Nearest railway station Niyazipur 12 km
Nearest town Makhdumpur 14 km
District headquarters Jehanabad 14 km

Villages closest to Faridpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ratni Faridpur 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 Faridpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Faridpur village had a population of 1,904. That makes it the 24th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,685 residents.

Faridpur village has 1,017 males and 887 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faridpur has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Faridpur covers 87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Faridpur falls under Ratni Faridpur tehsil of Jehanabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Faridpur is Niyazipur, about 12 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Faridpur.

Faridpur is about 14 km from Jehanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Faridpur is in Ratni Faridpur tehsil of Jehanabad district. Ratni Faridpur is about under 2 km away. Niyazipur is about 12 km away. Makhdumpur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sultanpur (under 2 km), Sikandra (under 2 km) and Rakasia Deyal Chak (under 2 km).

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

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