About Maharajpur Village

Maharajpur is a small village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 271, made up of 119 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,277 females per 1000 males. The village covers 289.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maharajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharajpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dhamdha
Pincode	491331
Area (hectares)	289.17 hectares
Population	271
Male Population	119
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,277
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maharajpur compares

By the 2011 count Maharajpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 289.17 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Maharajpur

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

Maharajpur lies about 30 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhilai Power House, about 27 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 Maharajpur
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdha	3.2 km
Nearest town	Ahīwāra	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bhilai Power House	27 km
District headquarters	Durg	30 km

Villages closest to Maharajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharajpur village had a population of 271. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Maharajpur village has 119 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharajpur has about 1277 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Maharajpur is 491331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maharajpur covers 289.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maharajpur falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Maharajpur is Bhilai Power House, about 27 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 Maharajpur.

Maharajpur is about 30 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharajpur is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Dhamdha is about 3.2 km away. Ahīwāra is about 12 km away. Bhilai Power House is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.