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About Esmailpur Village

Esmailpur is a mid sized village in Barbigha tehsil, in the district of Sheikhpura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,876, made up of 930 males and 946 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 157 hectares hectares.

Esmailpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Esmailpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Sheikhpura
Tehsil Barbigha
Area (hectares) 157 hectares
Population 1,876
Male Population 930
Female Population 946
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
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 Esmailpur compares

By the 2011 count Esmailpur is the 15th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,079 residents. Its 157 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Esmailpur

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

Esmailpur lies about 8.0 km from Sheikhpura, and the nearest railway station is Sarsa Jamalpur, about 4.4 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 Esmailpur
Nearest railway station Sarsa Jamalpur 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Barbigha 8.0 km
District headquarters Sheikhpura 8.0 km

Villages closest to Esmailpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Esmailpur village had a population of 1,876. That makes it the 15th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,079 residents.

Esmailpur village has 930 males and 946 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Esmailpur has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Esmailpur covers 157 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Esmailpur falls under Barbigha tehsil of Sheikhpura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Esmailpur is Sarsa Jamalpur, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Esmailpur.

Esmailpur is about 8.0 km from Sheikhpura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Esmailpur is in Barbigha tehsil of Sheikhpura district. Sarsa Jamalpur is about 4.4 km away. Barbigha is about 8.0 km away. Sheikhpura is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maldah (2.7 km), Lachhmipur (3.6 km) and Khalil Chak (3.6 km).

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

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