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About Maharajpur Village

Maharajpur is a mid sized village in Haflong tehsil, in the district of Dima Hasao, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 553, made up of 299 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.75 hectares hectares.

Maharajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharajpur village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dima Hasao
Tehsil Haflong
Area (hectares) 64.75 hectares
Population 553
Male Population 299
Female Population 254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 849
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Maharajpur compares

By the 2011 count Maharajpur is the 8th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 218 residents. Its 64.75 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Maharajpur

Maharajpur 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 Maharajpur as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Maharajpur from other places

Maharajpur lies about 31 km from Dima Hasao, and the nearest railway station is New Harangajao, about under 2 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 Maharajpur
Nearest railway station New Harangajao under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Haflong 15 km
Nearest town Hāflong 15 km
District headquarters Dima Hasao 31 km

Villages closest to Maharajpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Haflong 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 Maharajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharajpur village had a population of 553. That makes it the 8th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 218 residents.

Maharajpur village has 299 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharajpur has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Maharajpur covers 64.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maharajpur falls under Haflong tehsil of Dima Hasao district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Maharajpur is New Harangajao, about under 2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Maharajpur.

Maharajpur is about 31 km from Dima Hasao in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharajpur is in Haflong tehsil of Dima Hasao district. New Harangajao is about under 2 km away. Haflong is about 15 km away. Hāflong is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harangajao Bazar (1.9 km), Harangajao Deswali (1.9 km) and Hengbung (2.3 km).

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

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