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About Rajpur Village

Rajpur is a large village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,825, made up of 2,062 males and 1,763 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2180.18 hectares hectares.

Rajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Rajnagar
Area (hectares) 2180.18 hectares
Population 3,825
Male Population 2,062
Female Population 1,763
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rajpur compares

By the 2011 count Rajpur is the 9th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents. Its 2180.18 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 887.

Getting to Rajpur

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

Rajpur lies about 47 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khajuraho, about 15 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 Rajpur
Nearest town Khajuraho Group of Monuments 12 km
Nearest railway station Khajuraho 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajnagar 16 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 47 km

Villages closest to Rajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajpur village had a population of 3,825. That makes it the 9th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents.

Rajpur village has 2,062 males and 1,763 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajpur has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Rajpur covers 2180.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rajpur falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rajpur is Khajuraho, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rajpur.

Rajpur is about 47 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rajpur is in Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 12 km away. Khajuraho is about 15 km away. Rajnagar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khad Khurdi (3.6 km), Pahadi Bawan (4.0 km) and Sapoha (4.2 km).

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

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