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About Maharajpur Village

Maharajpur is a mid sized village in Baramkela tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 806, made up of 399 males and 407 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maharajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharajpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Baramkela
Pincode 491559
Area (hectares) 206.07 hectares
Population 806
Male Population 399
Female Population 407
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maharajpur compares

By the 2011 count Maharajpur is the 50th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 628 residents. Its 206.07 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

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 10+ km distance. 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 11 km from Baramkela, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 29 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 Baramkela 11 km
Nearest railway station Raigarh 29 km

Villages closest to Maharajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharajpur village had a population of 806. That makes it the 50th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 628 residents.

Maharajpur village has 399 males and 407 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharajpur has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Maharajpur is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maharajpur covers 206.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maharajpur falls under Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Maharajpur is Raigarh, about 29 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 10+ km distance for Maharajpur.

Maharajpur is about 11 km from Baramkela in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharajpur is in Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district. Baramkela is about 11 km away. Raigarh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajpur (under 2 km), Panchdhar (under 2 km) and Barpali (1.9 km).

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

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