About Madhuban Village

Madhuban is one of the larger villages in Banmankhi tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,769, made up of 5,099 males and 4,670 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 980 hectares hectares.

Madhuban Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhuban village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Banmankhi
Area (hectares)	980 hectares
Population	9,769
Male Population	5,099
Female Population	4,670
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Madhuban compares

By the 2011 count Madhuban is the 11th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 4,330 residents. Its 980 hectares work out to about 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Madhuban

Madhuban is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Madhuban as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 39 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Janakinagar, about 1.7 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
Nearest railway station	Janakinagar	1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Banmankhi	8.5 km
Nearest town	Banmankhi Bazar	8.5 km
District headquarters	Purnia	39 km

Villages closest to Madhuban

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhuban village had a population of 9,769. That makes it the 11th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,330 residents.

Madhuban village has 5,099 males and 4,670 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhuban has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

Madhuban covers 980 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Madhuban falls under Banmankhi tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Madhuban is Janakinagar, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Madhuban is about 39 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhuban is in Banmankhi tehsil of Purnia district. Janakinagar is about 1.7 km away. Banmankhi is about 8.5 km away. Banmankhi Bazar is about 8.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.