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About Faridpur Village

Faridpur is a mid sized village in Gabhana tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 614, made up of 332 males and 282 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177.58 hectares hectares.

Faridpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faridpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Tehsil Gabhana
Area (hectares) 177.58 hectares
Population 614
Male Population 332
Female Population 282
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 849
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Faridpur compares

By the 2011 count Faridpur is the 135th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents. Its 177.58 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Faridpur

Faridpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Faridpur as Available within <5 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 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 16 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Harduaganj, about 6.6 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 Harduaganj 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Gabhana 11 km
District headquarters Aligarh 16 km
Nearest town Alīgarh 16 km

Villages closest to Faridpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Faridpur village had a population of 614. That makes it the 135th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents.

Faridpur village has 332 males and 282 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faridpur has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 881.

Faridpur covers 177.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Faridpur falls under Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Faridpur is Harduaganj, about 6.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Faridpur.

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

Faridpur is in Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district. Harduaganj is about 6.6 km away. Gabhana is about 11 km away. Aligarh 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 Sumera Dariyapur (1.6 km), Sunana (2.0 km) and Jangal Garhi (2.8 km).

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

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