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About Faridpur Village

Faridpur is a mid sized village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 649, made up of 343 males and 306 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 676.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Faridpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faridpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Rajnagar
Pincode 731126
Area (hectares) 676.09 hectares
Population 649
Male Population 343
Female Population 306
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ 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 37th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 676.09 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

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 10+ 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. The nearest villages by name are Deoanganja, Dhaka, Dubrajpur and Durgapur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 649. That makes it the 37th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Faridpur village has 343 males and 306 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faridpur has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Faridpur is 731126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Faridpur covers 676.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Faridpur falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The census record for Faridpur notes the nearest railway station 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 <5 km distance for Faridpur.

Faridpur is in Rajnagar tehsil of Birbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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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