About Maharpur Village

Maharpur is a small village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 408, made up of 222 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	104.06 hectares
Population	408
Male Population	222
Female Population	186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maharpur compares

By the 2011 count Maharpur is the 204th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 104.06 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 981.

Getting to Maharpur

Maharpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maharpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Maharpur from other places

Maharpur lies about 50 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 33 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 Maharpur
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	1.5 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	33 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	50 km

Villages closest to Maharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharpur village had a population of 408. That makes it the 204th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Maharpur village has 222 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharpur has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Maharpur is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maharpur covers 104.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maharpur falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Maharpur is Kargi Road, about 33 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Maharpur.

Maharpur is about 50 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharpur is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 1.5 km away. Mungeli is about 22 km away. Kargi Road is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.