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About Maharajganj Village

Maharajganj is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,092, made up of 593 males and 499 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 707.8 hectares hectares.

Maharajganj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharajganj village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 707.8 hectares
Population 1,092
Male Population 593
Female Population 499
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 841
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maharajganj compares

By the 2011 count Maharajganj is the 77th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 707.8 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Maharajganj

Maharajganj is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maharajganj as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Maharajganj from other places

Maharajganj lies about 15 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 8.7 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 Maharajganj
Nearest railway station Basari 8.7 km
Nearest town Mahārājpur 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 15 km

Villages closest to Maharajganj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharajganj village had a population of 1,092. That makes it the 77th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Maharajganj village has 593 males and 499 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharajganj has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Maharajganj covers 707.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maharajganj falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maharajganj is Basari, about 8.7 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 village for Maharajganj.

Maharajganj is about 15 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharajganj is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Basari is about 8.7 km away. Mahārājpur is about 15 km away. Chhatarpur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gangayach (3.2 km), Thara (3.4 km) and Barayach Khera (3.8 km).

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

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