About Faridpur Village

Faridpur is a small village in Ekangarsarai tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 216, made up of 112 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57 hectares hectares.

Faridpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faridpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Ekangarsarai
Area (hectares)	57 hectares
Population	216
Male Population	112
Female Population	104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
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 Faridpur compares

By the 2011 count Faridpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents. Its 57 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Faridpur

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

Faridpur lies about 20 km from Nalanda. 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	Ekangarsarai	5.1 km
Nearest town	Hilsa	7.7 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	20 km

Villages closest to Faridpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Faridpur village had a population of 216. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents.

Faridpur village has 112 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faridpur has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

Faridpur covers 57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Faridpur falls under Ekangarsarai tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The census record for Faridpur notes the nearest railway station 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 Faridpur.

Faridpur is about 20 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Faridpur is in Ekangarsarai tehsil of Nalanda district. Ekangarsarai is about 5.1 km away. Hilsa is about 7.7 km away. Nalanda is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.