About Malikpur Village

Malikpur is a large village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,286, made up of 1,760 males and 1,526 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.4 hectares hectares.

Malikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malikpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Azamnagar
Area (hectares)	85.4 hectares
Population	3,286
Male Population	1,760
Female Population	1,526
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
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 Malikpur compares

By the 2011 count Malikpur is the 19th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 85.4 hectares work out to about 38 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 933.

Getting to Malikpur

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

Malikpur lies about 33 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Bhawanipur Bihar, about 4.3 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 Malikpur
Nearest railway station	Bhawanipur Bihar	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Azamnagar	7.6 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	23 km
District headquarters	Katihar	33 km

Villages closest to Malikpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malikpur village had a population of 3,286. That makes it the 19th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Malikpur village has 1,760 males and 1,526 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malikpur has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Malikpur covers 85.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 38 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Malikpur falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Malikpur is Bhawanipur Bihar, about 4.3 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 Malikpur.

Malikpur is about 33 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malikpur is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Bhawanipur Bihar is about 4.3 km away. Azamnagar is about 7.6 km away. Rāiganj is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.