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About Mahitpur Village

Mahitpur is a mid sized village in Saraikela tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,174, made up of 578 males and 596 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahitpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahitpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Saraikela
Pincode 833220
Area (hectares) 120.62 hectares
Population 1,174
Male Population 578
Female Population 596
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
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 Mahitpur compares

By the 2011 count Mahitpur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 435 residents. Its 120.62 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Mahitpur

Mahitpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Mahitpur 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 Mahitpur from other places

Mahitpur lies about 4.8 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Sini Junction, 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 Mahitpur
Nearest railway station Sini Junction under 2 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Saraikela 11 km
Nearest town Bhetia 19 km

Villages closest to Mahitpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahitpur village had a population of 1,174. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 435 residents.

Mahitpur village has 578 males and 596 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahitpur has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Mahitpur is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahitpur covers 120.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Mahitpur falls under Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

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

Mahitpur is about 4.8 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahitpur is in Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Sini Junction is about under 2 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 4.8 km away. Saraikela 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 Sowanpur (under 2 km), Sini (under 2 km) and Sidma (under 2 km).

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

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