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About Muktapur Village

Muktapur is a small village in Chakulia tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 198, made up of 96 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muktapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muktapur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Chakulia
Pincode 832301
Area (hectares) 68 hectares
Population 198
Male Population 96
Female Population 102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Muktapur compares

By the 2011 count Muktapur is the 172nd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 424 residents. Its 68 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Muktapur

The census records public bus service for Muktapur as Available within <5 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 Muktapur from other places

Muktapur lies about 7.5 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Kokpara, about 2.5 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 Muktapur
Nearest railway station Kokpara 2.5 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Chakulia 11 km
Nearest town Mushābani 16 km

Villages closest to Muktapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Muktapur village had a population of 198. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 424 residents.

Muktapur village has 96 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muktapur has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Muktapur is 832301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Muktapur covers 68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Muktapur falls under Chakulia tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Muktapur is Kokpara, about 2.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Muktapur.

Muktapur is about 7.5 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muktapur is in Chakulia tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Kokpara is about 2.5 km away. Purbi Singhbhum is about 7.5 km away. Chakulia is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kantabani (1.8 km), Baliduma (1.9 km) and Dudhiyashol (3.2 km).

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

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