About Makanpur Village

Makanpur is one of the larger villages in Noorsarai tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,113, made up of 2,699 males and 2,414 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 328 hectares hectares.

Makanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Noorsarai
Area (hectares)	328 hectares
Population	5,113
Male Population	2,699
Female Population	2,414
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
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 11th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,873 residents. Its 328 hectares work out to about 16 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 927.

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 5.6 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Pawapuri Road, about 6.9 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	Noorsarai	5.6 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	5.6 km
Nearest town	Bihār Sharīf	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Pawapuri Road	6.9 km

Villages closest to Makanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Noorsarai 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 5,113. That makes it the 11th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,873 residents.

Makanpur village has 2,699 males and 2,414 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makanpur has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Makanpur covers 328 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Makanpur falls under Noorsarai tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Makanpur is Pawapuri Road, about 6.9 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 5.6 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makanpur is in Noorsarai tehsil of Nalanda district. Noorsarai is about 5.6 km away. Nalanda is about 5.6 km away. Bihār Sharīf is about 6.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.