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About Mahpur Village

Mahpur is a mid sized village in Pachrukhi tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,936, made up of 1,036 males and 900 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93 hectares hectares.

Mahpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Siwan
Tehsil Pachrukhi
Area (hectares) 93 hectares
Population 1,936
Male Population 1,036
Female Population 900
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Mahpur compares

By the 2011 count Mahpur is the 47th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,517 residents. Its 93 hectares work out to about 21 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 995.

Getting to Mahpur

Mahpur 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 Mahpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Mahpur from other places

Mahpur lies about 2.6 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Siwan Junction, about 2.5 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 Mahpur
Nearest railway station Siwan Junction 2.5 km
District headquarters Siwan 2.6 km
Nearest town Siwān 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Pachrukhi 7.0 km

Villages closest to Mahpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahpur village had a population of 1,936. That makes it the 47th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,517 residents.

Mahpur village has 1,036 males and 900 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahpur has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Mahpur covers 93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Mahpur falls under Pachrukhi tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Mahpur is Siwan Junction, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Mahpur is about 2.6 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahpur is in Pachrukhi tehsil of Siwan district. Siwan Junction is about 2.5 km away. Siwan is about 2.6 km away. Siwān is about 2.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Atarsua (under 2 km), Baisakhi (under 2 km) and Babhnauli (under 2 km).

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

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