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About Makanpur Village

Makanpur is a mid sized village in Bilari tehsil, in the district of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 547, made up of 294 males and 253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.43 hectares hectares.

Makanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makanpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Moradabad
Tehsil Bilari
Area (hectares) 129.43 hectares
Population 547
Male Population 294
Female Population 253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Makanpur compares

By the 2011 count Makanpur is the 263rd largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,959 residents. Its 129.43 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Makanpur

Makanpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Makanpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Makanpur from other places

Makanpur lies about 37 km from Moradabad, and the nearest railway station is Gumthal, about 3.6 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 Makanpur
Nearest railway station Gumthal 3.6 km
Nearest town Chanduasi 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Bilari 15 km
District headquarters Moradabad 37 km

Villages closest to Makanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makanpur village had a population of 547. That makes it the 263rd largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,959 residents.

Makanpur village has 294 males and 253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makanpur has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

Makanpur covers 129.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makanpur falls under Bilari tehsil of Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makanpur is Gumthal, about 3.6 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 km distance for Makanpur.

Makanpur is about 37 km from Moradabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makanpur is in Bilari tehsil of Moradabad district. Gumthal is about 3.6 km away. Chanduasi is about 8.6 km away. Bilari 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 Chiria Bhawan (under 2 km), Faridpur Singhara (1.5 km) and Asalatnagar Kalispur (2.1 km).

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

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