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About Milki Village

Milki is a mid sized village in Dhamdaha tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,203, made up of 652 males and 551 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Milki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Milki village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Dhamdaha
Pincode 854306
Area (hectares) 55 hectares
Population 1,203
Male Population 652
Female Population 551
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
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 Milki compares

By the 2011 count Milki is the 38th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 22 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 913.

Getting to Milki

The census records public bus service for Milki 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 Milki from other places

Milki lies about 16 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Kirtyanand Nagar, 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 Milki
Nearest railway station Kirtyanand Nagar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhamdaha 14 km
District headquarters Purnia 16 km

Villages closest to Milki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Milki village had a population of 1,203. That makes it the 38th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents.

Milki village has 652 males and 551 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Milki has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Milki is 854306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Milki covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Milki falls under Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Milki is Kirtyanand Nagar, about 13 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 Milki.

Milki is about 16 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Milki is in Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district. Kirtyanand Nagar is about 13 km away. Dhamdaha is about 14 km away. Purnia is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Miliki (under 2 km), Rangpura (under 2 km) and Kajra (1.7 km).

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

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