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About Madhupur Village

Madhupur is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 287, made up of 154 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madhupur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhupur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Jarmundi
Pincode 814141
Area (hectares) 88.2 hectares
Population 287
Male Population 154
Female Population 133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madhupur compares

By the 2011 count Madhupur is the 201st largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 88.2 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Madhupur

Madhupur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Madhupur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Madhupur from other places

Madhupur lies about 36 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Jamtara, about 22 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 Madhupur
Nearest town Jāmtāra 22 km
Nearest railway station Jamtara 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Jarmundi 33 km
District headquarters Dumka 36 km

Villages closest to Madhupur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhupur village had a population of 287. That makes it the 201st largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Madhupur village has 154 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhupur has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Madhupur is 814141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madhupur covers 88.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madhupur falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Madhupur is Jamtara, about 22 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Madhupur.

Madhupur is about 36 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhupur is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Jāmtāra is about 22 km away. Jamtara is about 22 km away. Jarmundi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dudhani (under 2 km), Amgachhi (2.2 km) and Kalipur (2.4 km).

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

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