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About Makundpur Village

Makundpur is a small village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 376, made up of 186 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 406 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makundpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makundpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Goilkera
Pincode 833103
Area (hectares) 406 hectares
Population 376
Male Population 186
Female Population 190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Makundpur compares

By the 2011 count Makundpur is the 80th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 406 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Makundpur

Makundpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makundpur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makundpur from other places

Makundpur lies about 40 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Derowan, about 4.3 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 Makundpur
Nearest railway station Derowan 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Goilkera 12 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 40 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 43 km

Villages closest to Makundpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makundpur village had a population of 376. That makes it the 80th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Makundpur village has 186 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makundpur has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Makundpur is 833103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makundpur covers 406 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.

Makundpur falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makundpur is Derowan, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Makundpur.

Makundpur is about 40 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makundpur is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Derowan is about 4.3 km away. Goilkera is about 12 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patna (1.7 km), Patnia (1.7 km) and Paraisol (3.2 km).

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

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