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About Makundpur Village

Makundpur is a small village in Chandla tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 331, made up of 175 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284.84 hectares hectares.

Makundpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makundpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chandla
Area (hectares) 284.84 hectares
Population 331
Male Population 175
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
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 Makundpur compares

By the 2011 count Makundpur is the 76th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents. Its 284.84 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 863.

Getting to Makundpur

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

Makundpur lies about 54 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Singhpur Dumra, about 22 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 Makundpur
Tehsil headquarters Chandla 10 km
Nearest town Lauri 17 km
Nearest railway station Singhpur Dumra 22 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 54 km

Villages closest to Makundpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makundpur village had a population of 331. That makes it the 76th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents.

Makundpur village has 175 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makundpur has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 863.

Makundpur covers 284.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makundpur falls under Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makundpur is Singhpur Dumra, about 22 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 Makundpur.

Makundpur is about 54 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makundpur is in Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Chandla is about 10 km away. Lauri is about 17 km away. Singhpur Dumra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarai (under 2 km), Katiya (3.1 km) and Kitpura (3.2 km).

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

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