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About Rajapur Village

Rajapur is a mid sized village in Bada Malhera tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,293, made up of 703 males and 590 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.93 hectares hectares.

Rajapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajapur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Bada Malhera
Area (hectares) 224.93 hectares
Population 1,293
Male Population 703
Female Population 590
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rajapur compares

By the 2011 count Rajapur is the 25th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 224.93 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Rajapur

Rajapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rajapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Rajapur from other places

Rajapur lies about 52 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tila, about 32 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 Rajapur
Tehsil headquarters Bada Malhera 4.0 km
Nearest town Bijāwar 24 km
Nearest railway station Tila 32 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 52 km

Villages closest to Rajapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bada Malhera 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 Rajapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajapur village had a population of 1,293. That makes it the 25th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Rajapur village has 703 males and 590 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajapur has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Rajapur covers 224.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rajapur falls under Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rajapur is Tila, about 32 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rajapur.

Rajapur is about 52 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rajapur is in Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bada Malhera is about 4.0 km away. Bijāwar is about 24 km away. Tila is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baraj (under 2 km), Sedhpa (1.8 km) and Pipra Kalan (2.6 km).

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

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