About Faridpur Urf Shakra Village

Faridpur Urf Shakra is one of the larger villages in Sakra tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,148, made up of 3,838 males and 3,310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 157 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 843105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Faridpur Urf Shakra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faridpur Urf Shakra village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Tehsil	Sakra
Pincode	843105
Area (hectares)	157 hectares
Population	7,148
Male Population	3,838
Female Population	3,310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Faridpur Urf Shakra compares

By the 2011 count Faridpur Urf Shakra is the 8th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,537 residents. Its 157 hectares work out to about 46 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 902.

Getting to Faridpur Urf Shakra

Faridpur Urf Shakra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Faridpur Urf Shakra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Faridpur Urf Shakra from other places

Faridpur Urf Shakra lies about 110 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Islampur, 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 Faridpur Urf Shakra
Nearest railway station	Islampur	3.2 km
Nearest town	Islāmpur	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sakra	35 km
District headquarters	Muzaffarpur	110 km

Villages closest to Faridpur Urf Shakra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Faridpur Urf Shakra village had a population of 7,148. That makes it the 8th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,537 residents.

Faridpur Urf Shakra village has 3,838 males and 3,310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faridpur Urf Shakra has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Faridpur Urf Shakra is 843105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Faridpur Urf Shakra covers 157 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 46 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Faridpur Urf Shakra falls under Sakra tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Faridpur Urf Shakra is Islampur, about 3.2 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 village for Faridpur Urf Shakra.

Faridpur Urf Shakra is about 110 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Faridpur Urf Shakra is in Sakra tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Islampur is about 3.2 km away. Islāmpur is about 4.3 km away. Sakra is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahammadpur Banwari (5.7 km), Mahammadpur Bhopat (5.7 km) and Mahammadpur Buzurg (5.7 km).

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