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About Makanpur Village

Makanpur is a small village in Margo Munda tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 242 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makanpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Margo Munda
Pincode 815353
Area (hectares) 191 hectares
Population 484
Male Population 242
Female Population 242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Makanpur compares

By the 2011 count Makanpur is the 59th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 731 residents. Its 191 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Makanpur

Makanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makanpur from other places

Makanpur lies about 52 km from Deoghar. 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 Makanpur
Nearest town Giridih under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Margo Munda 29 km
District headquarters Deoghar 52 km

Villages closest to Makanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Margo Munda 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 Makanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Makanpur village had a population of 484. That makes it the 59th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 731 residents.

Makanpur village has 242 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makanpur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Makanpur is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makanpur covers 191 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makanpur falls under Margo Munda tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Makanpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Makanpur.

Makanpur is about 52 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makanpur is in Margo Munda tehsil of Deoghar district. Giridih is about under 2 km away. Margo Munda is about 29 km away. Deoghar is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bahera Pahari (2.9 km), Kotapahari (2.9 km) and Murlipahari Bhalsumiya (2.9 km).

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

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