Madhopur, Siwan Explained

Madhopur
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Bihar
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates:26.34°N 84.45°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Bihar
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Siwan
Subdivision Type3:Block
Subdivision Name3:Barharia
Government Type:Bihar Government
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:70.198
Population Total:11047
Population As Of:2010
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Bhojpuri, Hindi, Urdu, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:841232
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:06154
Blank1 Name Sec1:Sex ratio
Blank1 Info Sec1:806 per 1000 /

Madhopur is a village in Barharia block of Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is located 2 kilometers (1.24 mi) north of the Barharia block at Barharia-Gopalganj road, It is located east of the district headquarters Siwan and from the state capital Patna. Madhopur is surrounded by Sahpur to the north, Barasra south, Chhatisi east, and Rasulpur to the west. Barharia, Siwan, Gopalganj, Mirganj, Barauli and Thawe are nearby towns.

There are six villages in Madhopur Panchayat: Madhopur, Kalu Chhapra, Nirkhi Chhapra, Mira Chhapra, Chhakka Tola (Azad Nagar) and Nasir Chhapra

Demographics

Languages spoken in Madhopur include Bhojpuri (a language in the Bihari language group with almost 40,000,000 speakers), written in both the Devanagari (English) and Kaithi scripts.

Climate

Sports

The village is represented by MP XI Cricket Club and Sadbhawna Volleyball Club.

Transportation

Madhopur is well connected with Barharia, Gopalganj and Mirganj by local taxi services on shared basis and with Patna by the Gopalganj-Patna bus service (via Barharia, Siwan and Chhapra) which one can board at Madhopur Middle School bus stand. The nearest railway station is Siwan Junction.

Roads

SH-45 (Gopalganj Maharajganj Road) and MDR 24 (Mirganj Barharia Road) state highway pass through the village.

See also