About Maskepu Village

Maskepu is a small village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 219, made up of 105 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.89 hectares hectares.

Maskepu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maskepu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Area (hectares)	122.89 hectares
Population	219
Male Population	105
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,086
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 Maskepu compares

By the 2011 count Maskepu is the 99th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 122.89 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Maskepu

Maskepu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Maskepu 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 Maskepu from other places

Maskepu lies about 32 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Tinpahar Junction, about 4.6 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 Maskepu
Nearest railway station	Tinpahar Junction	4.6 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	32 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	32 km

Villages closest to Maskepu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maskepu village had a population of 219. That makes it the 99th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Maskepu village has 105 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maskepu has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

Maskepu covers 122.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maskepu falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Maskepu is Tinpahar Junction, about 4.6 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 Maskepu.

Maskepu is about 32 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maskepu is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Tinpahar Junction is about 4.6 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 km away. Barhait is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.