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About Makhdumpur Village

Makhdumpur is a small village in Gurua tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 128 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49 hectares hectares.

Makhdumpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhdumpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Gurua
Area (hectares) 49 hectares
Population 254
Male Population 128
Female Population 126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makhdumpur compares

By the 2011 count Makhdumpur is the 150th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents. Its 49 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Makhdumpur

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

How far is Makhdumpur from other places

Makhdumpur lies about 28 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 15 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 Makhdumpur
Tehsil headquarters Gurua 2.8 km
Nearest town Sherghāti 14 km
Nearest railway station Guraru 15 km
District headquarters Gaya 28 km

Villages closest to Makhdumpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhdumpur village had a population of 254. That makes it the 150th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents.

Makhdumpur village has 128 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhdumpur has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

Makhdumpur covers 49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makhdumpur falls under Gurua tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Makhdumpur is Guraru, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 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 Makhdumpur.

Makhdumpur is about 28 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhdumpur is in Gurua tehsil of Gaya district. Gurua is about 2.8 km away. Sherghāti is about 14 km away. Guraru 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 Erur (under 2 km), Itawa (under 2 km) and Salaipura (under 2 km).

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

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