About Sandalpur Village

Sandalpur is a small village in Jamalpur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 319, made up of 179 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 782 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 811212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sandalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sandalpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Jamalpur
Pincode	811212
Area (hectares)	109 hectares
Population	319
Male Population	179
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	782
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sandalpur compares

By the 2011 count Sandalpur is the 29th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Sandalpur

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

How far is Sandalpur from other places

Sandalpur lies about 5.1 km from Jamalpur, and the nearest railway station is Munger, about 2.8 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 Sandalpur
Nearest railway station	Munger	2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jamalpur	5.1 km

Villages closest to Sandalpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sandalpur village had a population of 319. That makes it the 29th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents.

Sandalpur village has 179 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sandalpur has about 782 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Sandalpur is 811212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sandalpur covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sandalpur falls under Jamalpur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sandalpur is Munger, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sandalpur.

Sandalpur is about 5.1 km from Jamalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sandalpur is in Jamalpur tehsil of Munger district. Munger is about 2.8 km away. Jamalpur is about 5.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.