About Faridpur Village

Faridpur is a small village in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 475, made up of 228 males and 247 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731236, 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	Bolpur Sriniketan
Pincode	731236
Area (hectares)	129.81 hectares
Population	475
Male Population	228
Female Population	247
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Faridpur compares

By the 2011 count Faridpur is the 113th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents. Its 129.81 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Faridpur

Faridpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Faridpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Faridpur from other places

Faridpur lies about 12 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, about 4.7 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	Mallarpur	4.7 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bolpur Sriniketan	12 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	12 km

Villages closest to Faridpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bolpur Sriniketan 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.

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Common questions about Faridpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Faridpur village had a population of 475. That makes it the 113th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents.

Faridpur village has 228 males and 247 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faridpur has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Faridpur is 731236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Faridpur covers 129.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Faridpur falls under Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Faridpur is Mallarpur, about 4.7 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Faridpur.

Faridpur is about 12 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Faridpur is in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil of Birbhum district. Mallarpur is about 4.7 km away. Rampur Hat is about 8.0 km away. Bolpur Sriniketan is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.