About Maipa Village

Maipa is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 960, made up of 478 males and 482 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 849.52 hectares hectares.

Maipa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maipa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Area (hectares)	849.52 hectares
Population	960
Male Population	478
Female Population	482
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maipa compares

By the 2011 count Maipa is the 27th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 849.52 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Maipa

Maipa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Maipa as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Maipa from other places

Maipa lies about 26 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Gangaghat, 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 Maipa
Nearest town	Būndu	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	26 km
District headquarters	Khunti	26 km
Nearest railway station	Gangaghat	27 km

Villages closest to Maipa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maipa village had a population of 960. That makes it the 27th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Maipa village has 478 males and 482 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maipa has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Maipa covers 849.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maipa falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Maipa is Gangaghat, 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Maipa.

Maipa is about 26 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maipa is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Būndu is about 8.0 km away. Erki is about 26 km away. Khunti is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.