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About Biknapur Village

Biknapur is a small village in Faridpur tehsil, in the district of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 337, made up of 184 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.75 hectares hectares.

Biknapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biknapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bareilly
Tehsil Faridpur
Area (hectares) 122.75 hectares
Population 337
Male Population 184
Female Population 153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 832
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Biknapur compares

By the 2011 count Biknapur is the 270th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents. Its 122.75 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 857.

Getting to Biknapur

Biknapur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Biknapur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Biknapur from other places

Biknapur lies about 16 km from Bareilly, and the nearest railway station is Pitambarpur, about 7.3 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 Biknapur
Tehsil headquarters Faridpur 6.2 km
Nearest town Farīdpur 6.2 km
Nearest railway station Pitambarpur 7.3 km
District headquarters Bareilly 16 km

Villages closest to Biknapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Biknapur village had a population of 337. That makes it the 270th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents.

Biknapur village has 184 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biknapur has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 857.

Biknapur covers 122.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Biknapur falls under Faridpur tehsil of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Biknapur is Pitambarpur, about 7.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Biknapur.

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

Biknapur is in Faridpur tehsil of Bareilly district. Faridpur is about 6.2 km away. Farīdpur is about 6.2 km away. Pitambarpur is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jataua (under 2 km), Banjaria Ilaka Jeth (under 2 km) and Majhwa Hetram (1.6 km).

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

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