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About Makranpur Village

Makranpur is a mid sized village in Pirpainti tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,140, made up of 588 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191 hectares hectares.

Makranpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makranpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Pirpainti
Area (hectares) 191 hectares
Population 1,140
Male Population 588
Female Population 552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 939
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Makranpur compares

By the 2011 count Makranpur is the 52nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,129 residents. Its 191 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 876.

Getting to Makranpur

The census records public bus service for Makranpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Makranpur from other places

Makranpur lies about 39 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Lakshmipur Bhorang, about 1.7 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 Makranpur
Nearest railway station Lakshmipur Bhorang 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Pirpainti 8.2 km
Nearest town Colgong 13 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 39 km

Villages closest to Makranpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makranpur village had a population of 1,140. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,129 residents.

Makranpur village has 588 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makranpur has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 876.

Makranpur covers 191 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makranpur falls under Pirpainti tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Makranpur is Lakshmipur Bhorang, about 1.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Makranpur.

Makranpur is about 39 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makranpur is in Pirpainti tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Lakshmipur Bhorang is about 1.7 km away. Pirpainti is about 8.2 km away. Colgong is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajganj (under 2 km), Kakarghat (under 2 km) and Khanpur (under 2 km).

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

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