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About Makhdumpur Village

Makhdumpur is a small village in Punpun tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 140 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75 hectares hectares.

Makhdumpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhdumpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Patna
Tehsil Punpun
Area (hectares) 75 hectares
Population 260
Male Population 140
Female Population 120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 857
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Makhdumpur compares

By the 2011 count Makhdumpur is the 74th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents. Its 75 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 917.

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 <5 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 18 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Birju Bigha, about under 2 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
Nearest railway station Birju Bigha under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Punpun 8.5 km
Nearest town Masaurhi Buzurg 14 km
District headquarters Patna 18 km

Villages closest to Makhdumpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Punpun 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 260. That makes it the 74th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents.

Makhdumpur village has 140 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhdumpur has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 917.

Makhdumpur covers 75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makhdumpur falls under Punpun tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Makhdumpur is Birju Bigha, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Makhdumpur.

Makhdumpur is about 18 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhdumpur is in Punpun tehsil of Patna district. Birju Bigha is about under 2 km away. Punpun is about 8.5 km away. Masaurhi Buzurg is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sahebnagar (1.7 km), Lakhna (2.3 km) and Rasulpur (3.0 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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