About Faridpur Village

Faridpur is a large village in Gharaunda tehsil, in the district of Karnal, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,916, made up of 2,657 males and 2,259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 803 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 132114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Faridpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faridpur village
Description	Value
State	Haryana
District	Karnal
Tehsil	Gharaunda
Pincode	132114
Area (hectares)	803 hectares
Population	4,916
Male Population	2,657
Female Population	2,259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Faridpur compares

By the 2011 count Faridpur is the 10th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,947 residents. Its 803 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Faridpur

Faridpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Faridpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Faridpur from other places

Faridpur lies about 24 km from Karnal, and the nearest railway station is Kohand, about 7.9 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 Faridpur
Nearest railway station	Kohand	7.9 km
Nearest town	Panipat Taraf Makhdum Zadgan	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gharaunda	9.7 km
District headquarters	Karnal	24 km

Villages closest to Faridpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Faridpur village had a population of 4,916. That makes it the 10th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,947 residents.

Faridpur village has 2,657 males and 2,259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faridpur has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

The pincode recorded for Faridpur is 132114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Faridpur covers 803 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Faridpur falls under Gharaunda tehsil of Karnal district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Faridpur is Kohand, about 7.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Faridpur.

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

Faridpur is in Gharaunda tehsil of Karnal district. Kohand is about 7.9 km away. Panipat Taraf Makhdum Zadgan is about 9.2 km away. Gharaunda is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.