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About Maktapur Village

Maktapur is a mid sized village in Nevasa tehsil, in the district of Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,676, made up of 838 males and 838 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 749 hectares hectares.

Maktapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maktapur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ahmadnagar
Tehsil Nevasa
Area (hectares) 749 hectares
Population 1,676
Male Population 838
Female Population 838
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maktapur compares

By the 2011 count Maktapur is the 76th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,779 residents. Its 749 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Maktapur

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

Maktapur lies about 19 km from Ahmadnagar, and the nearest railway station is Sonkhamb, about 20 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 Maktapur
Tehsil headquarters Nevasa 19 km
District headquarters Ahmadnagar 19 km
Nearest railway station Sonkhamb 20 km
Nearest town Kātol 25 km

Villages closest to Maktapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maktapur village had a population of 1,676. That makes it the 76th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,779 residents.

Maktapur village has 838 males and 838 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maktapur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Maktapur covers 749 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maktapur falls under Nevasa tehsil of Ahmadnagar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Maktapur is Sonkhamb, about 20 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 10+ km distance for Maktapur.

Maktapur is about 19 km from Ahmadnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maktapur is in Nevasa tehsil of Ahmadnagar district. Nevasa is about 19 km away. Ahmadnagar is about 19 km away. Sonkhamb is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhanashiware (3.2 km), Mhasale (4.1 km) and Dedgaon (8.4 km).

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

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