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About Rampur Village

Rampur is a small village in Dagarua tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 145, made up of 83 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 747 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91 hectares hectares.

Rampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rampur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Dagarua
Area (hectares) 91 hectares
Population 145
Male Population 83
Female Population 62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 747
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Rampur compares

By the 2011 count Rampur is the 122nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents. Its 91 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Rampur

The census records public bus service for Rampur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rampur from other places

Rampur lies about 147 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Majnupur Nawada, 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 Rampur
Nearest railway station Majnupur Nawada 13 km
Nearest town Rusera 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Dagarua 18 km
District headquarters Purnia 147 km

Villages closest to Rampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rampur village had a population of 145. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents.

Rampur village has 83 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rampur has about 747 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Rampur covers 91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rampur falls under Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Rampur is Majnupur Nawada, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Rampur is about 147 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rampur is in Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district. Majnupur Nawada is about 13 km away. Rusera is about 15 km away. Dagarua is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gopalpur (1.7 km), Banaili (3.3 km) and Maria (8.1 km).

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

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