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About Makundpur Village

Makundpur is a mid sized village in Patori tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 992, made up of 534 males and 458 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22 hectares hectares.

Makundpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makundpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Samastipur
Tehsil Patori
Area (hectares) 22 hectares
Population 992
Male Population 534
Female Population 458
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Makundpur compares

By the 2011 count Makundpur is the 41st largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,740 residents. Its 22 hectares work out to about 45 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 916.

Getting to Makundpur

Makundpur 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 Makundpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makundpur from other places

Makundpur lies about 121 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Nawadah, about 10 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 Makundpur
Tehsil headquarters Patori 7.0 km
Nearest railway station Nawadah 10 km
Nearest town Nawāda 10 km
District headquarters Samastipur 121 km

Villages closest to Makundpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makundpur village had a population of 992. That makes it the 41st largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,740 residents.

Makundpur village has 534 males and 458 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makundpur has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Makundpur covers 22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 45 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Makundpur falls under Patori tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Makundpur is Nawadah, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Makundpur.

Makundpur is about 121 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makundpur is in Patori tehsil of Samastipur district. Patori is about 7.0 km away. Nawadah is about 10 km away. Nawāda is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sangrampur (under 2 km), Hasanpur (under 2 km) and Fatehpur (5.1 km).

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

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