About Makanpur Village

Makanpur is a small village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 356, made up of 184 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115 hectares hectares.

Makanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sonhaula
Area (hectares)	115 hectares
Population	356
Male Population	184
Female Population	172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Makanpur compares

By the 2011 count Makanpur is the 108th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 115 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 907.

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 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 20 km from Bhagalpur. 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
Nearest town	Naugachhia	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhaula	20 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	20 km

Villages closest to Makanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sonhaula 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 356. That makes it the 108th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Makanpur village has 184 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makanpur has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 907.

Makanpur covers 115 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makanpur falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The census record for Makanpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Makanpur.

Makanpur is about 20 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 Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Naugachhia is about 4.7 km away. Sonhaula is about 20 km away. Bhagalpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.