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About Maksudpur Village

Maksudpur is a large village in Hayaghat tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,518, made up of 1,944 males and 1,574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 810 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162 hectares hectares.

Maksudpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maksudpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Darbhanga
Tehsil Hayaghat
Area (hectares) 162 hectares
Population 3,518
Male Population 1,944
Female Population 1,574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 810
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Maksudpur compares

By the 2011 count Maksudpur is the 16th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,444 residents. Its 162 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Maksudpur

Maksudpur 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 Maksudpur as Available within 5 - 10 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 Maksudpur from other places

Maksudpur lies about 23 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Kishanpur, about 3.4 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 Maksudpur
Nearest railway station Kishanpur 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Hayaghat 9.4 km
Nearest town Samāstipur 11 km
District headquarters Darbhanga 23 km

Villages closest to Maksudpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maksudpur village had a population of 3,518. That makes it the 16th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,444 residents.

Maksudpur village has 1,944 males and 1,574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maksudpur has about 810 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Maksudpur covers 162 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Maksudpur falls under Hayaghat tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Maksudpur is Kishanpur, about 3.4 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Maksudpur.

Maksudpur is about 23 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maksudpur is in Hayaghat tehsil of Darbhanga district. Kishanpur is about 3.4 km away. Hayaghat is about 9.4 km away. Samāstipur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sirnia (1.7 km), Manorathpur (2.8 km) and Manorathpur Tulsi (2.8 km).

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

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