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About Madhuban Village

Madhuban is a large village in Kharagpur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,104, made up of 1,115 males and 989 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422 hectares hectares.

Madhuban Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhuban village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Munger
Tehsil Kharagpur
Area (hectares) 422 hectares
Population 2,104
Male Population 1,115
Female Population 989
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
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 Madhuban compares

By the 2011 count Madhuban is the 29th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents. Its 422 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Madhuban

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

Madhuban lies about 26 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Kalyanpur Road, about 13 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 Madhuban
Tehsil headquarters Kharagpur 3.3 km
Nearest railway station Kalyanpur Road 13 km
District headquarters Munger 26 km

Villages closest to Madhuban

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhuban village had a population of 2,104. That makes it the 29th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents.

Madhuban village has 1,115 males and 989 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhuban has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

Madhuban covers 422 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madhuban falls under Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Madhuban is Kalyanpur Road, about 13 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 Madhuban.

Madhuban is about 26 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhuban is in Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district. Kharagpur is about 3.3 km away. Kalyanpur Road is about 13 km away. Munger is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dariapur (under 2 km), Jalsakra (3.5 km) and Larui (3.7 km).

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

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