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About Madpur Village

Madpur is a mid sized village in Serampur Uttarpara tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 815, made up of 423 males and 392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Serampur Uttarpara
Pincode 712203
Area (hectares) 138.11 hectares
Population 815
Male Population 423
Female Population 392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 927
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Madpur compares

By the 2011 count Madpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,799 residents. Its 138.11 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Madpur

Madpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Madpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Madpur from other places

Madpur lies about 6.1 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Naihati Junction, about 3.6 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 Madpur
Nearest railway station Naihati Junction 3.6 km
Nearest town Naihāti 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Serampur Uttarpara 6.1 km
District headquarters Hugli 6.1 km

Villages closest to Madpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Serampur Uttarpara 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 Madpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Madpur village had a population of 815. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,799 residents.

Madpur village has 423 males and 392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madpur has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Madpur is 712203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madpur covers 138.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madpur falls under Serampur Uttarpara tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Madpur is Naihati Junction, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Madpur.

Madpur is about 6.1 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madpur is in Serampur Uttarpara tehsil of Hugli district. Naihati Junction is about 3.6 km away. Naihāti is about 3.9 km away. Serampur Uttarpara is about 6.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chapsara (17 km), Rishra (21 km) and Bangihati (22 km).

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

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