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About Maktapar Village

Maktapar is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 847, made up of 466 males and 381 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.55 hectares hectares.

Maktapar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maktapar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 63.55 hectares
Population 847
Male Population 466
Female Population 381
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 818
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Maktapar compares

By the 2011 count Maktapar is the 145th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 63.55 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Maktapar

Maktapar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Maktapar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maktapar from other places

Maktapar lies about 18 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sahjanwa, about 2.4 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 Maktapar
Nearest railway station Sahjanwa 2.4 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 12 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 18 km

Villages closest to Maktapar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maktapar village had a population of 847. That makes it the 145th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Maktapar village has 466 males and 381 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maktapar has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Maktapar covers 63.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maktapar falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maktapar is Sahjanwa, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Maktapar.

Maktapar is about 18 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maktapar is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Sahjanwa is about 2.4 km away. Khalīlābād is about 12 km away. Gorakhpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ujikhore (under 2 km), Tenuhari (under 2 km) and Basia (under 2 km).

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

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