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About Malikpur Village

Malikpur is a mid sized village in Amour tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 588, made up of 313 males and 275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64 hectares hectares.

Malikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malikpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Amour
Area (hectares) 64 hectares
Population 588
Male Population 313
Female Population 275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Malikpur compares

By the 2011 count Malikpur is the 120th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents. Its 64 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Malikpur

The census records public bus service for Malikpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 24 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Telta, about 15 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 Telta 15 km
Nearest town Kasba 21 km
District headquarters Purnia 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Amour 24 km

Villages closest to Malikpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malikpur village had a population of 588. That makes it the 120th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents.

Malikpur village has 313 males and 275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malikpur has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Malikpur covers 64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Malikpur falls under Amour tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Malikpur is Telta, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Malikpur is about 24 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malikpur is in Amour tehsil of Purnia district. Telta is about 15 km away. Kasba is about 21 km away. Purnia is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lachhmipur (3.9 km), Babhan Dobha (5.2 km) and Maheshua (5.2 km).

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

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