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About Faridpur Village

Faridpur is a small village in Ghosi tehsil, in the district of Mau, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 482, made up of 208 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,317 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.98 hectares hectares.

Faridpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faridpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mau
Tehsil Ghosi
Area (hectares) 148.98 hectares
Population 482
Male Population 208
Female Population 274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,317
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Faridpur compares

By the 2011 count Faridpur is the 226th largest of the 323 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,256 residents. Its 148.98 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Faridpur

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 <5 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 20 km from Mau. 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
Tehsil headquarters Ghosi 2.9 km
Nearest town Ghosī 2.9 km
District headquarters Mau 20 km

Villages closest to Faridpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghosi 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 482. That makes it the 226th largest of the 323 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,256 residents.

Faridpur village has 208 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faridpur has about 1317 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

Faridpur covers 148.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Faridpur falls under Ghosi tehsil of Mau district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Faridpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 20 km from Mau in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Faridpur is in Ghosi tehsil of Mau district. Ghosi is about 2.9 km away. Ghosī is about 2.9 km away. Mau is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandpur (under 2 km), Ojipur (under 2 km) and Kanheli (under 2 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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