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About Maharajpur Bazar Village

Maharajpur Bazar is a mid sized village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 643, made up of 342 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maharajpur Bazar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharajpur Bazar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816115
Area (hectares) 17.87 hectares
Population 643
Male Population 342
Female Population 301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Maharajpur Bazar compares

By the 2011 count Maharajpur Bazar is the 36th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 17.87 hectares work out to about 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Maharajpur Bazar

The census records public bus service for Maharajpur Bazar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Maharajpur Bazar from other places

Maharajpur Bazar lies about 12 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Maharajpur, about under 2 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 Maharajpur Bazar
Nearest railway station Maharajpur under 2 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 12 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 14 km

Villages closest to Maharajpur Bazar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Taljhari 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 Maharajpur Bazar

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharajpur Bazar village had a population of 643. That makes it the 36th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Maharajpur Bazar village has 342 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharajpur Bazar has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Maharajpur Bazar is 816115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maharajpur Bazar covers 17.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Maharajpur Bazar falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Maharajpur Bazar is Maharajpur, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Maharajpur Bazar.

Maharajpur Bazar is about 12 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharajpur Bazar is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Maharajpur is about under 2 km away. Sahibganj is about 12 km away. Sāhibganj is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Motijharna (under 2 km), Moti Jharna (under 2 km) and Kaliyani (under 2 km).

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

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