About Makanpur Village

Makanpur is one of the larger villages in Gopalpur tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,094, made up of 2,753 males and 2,341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308 hectares hectares.

Makanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Gopalpur
Area (hectares)	308 hectares
Population	5,094
Male Population	2,753
Female Population	2,341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Makanpur compares

By the 2011 count Makanpur is the 6th largest of the 9 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 10,550 residents. Its 308 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Makanpur

Makanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makanpur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makanpur from other places

Makanpur lies about 138 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Waris Aleganj, about 3.0 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 Makanpur
Tehsil headquarters	Gopalpur	2.5 km
Nearest town	Wāris Alīganj	2.9 km
Nearest railway station	Waris Aleganj	3.0 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	138 km

Villages closest to Makanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makanpur village had a population of 5,094. That makes it the 6th largest of the 9 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 10,550 residents.

Makanpur village has 2,753 males and 2,341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makanpur has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 869.

Makanpur covers 308 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Makanpur falls under Gopalpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Makanpur is Waris Aleganj, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Makanpur.

Makanpur is about 138 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makanpur is in Gopalpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Gopalpur is about 2.5 km away. Wāris Alīganj is about 2.9 km away. Waris Aleganj is about 3.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.