About Maharajpur Village

Maharajpur is a large village in Ghatal tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,053, made up of 1,629 males and 1,424 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maharajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharajpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Ghatal
Pincode	721232
Area (hectares)	236.05 hectares
Population	3,053
Male Population	1,629
Female Population	1,424
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maharajpur compares

By the 2011 count Maharajpur is the 18th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,567 residents. Its 236.05 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 943.

Getting to Maharajpur

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

Maharajpur lies about 64 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Mahendralalnagar, about 9.7 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 Maharajpur
Nearest railway station	Mahendralalnagar	9.7 km
Nearest town	Dhulagari	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatal	29 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	64 km

Villages closest to Maharajpur

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

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Common questions about Maharajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharajpur village had a population of 3,053. That makes it the 18th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,567 residents.

Maharajpur village has 1,629 males and 1,424 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharajpur has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Maharajpur is 721232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maharajpur covers 236.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maharajpur falls under Ghatal tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Maharajpur is Mahendralalnagar, about 9.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Maharajpur.

Maharajpur is about 64 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharajpur is in Ghatal tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Mahendralalnagar is about 9.7 km away. Dhulagari is about 20 km away. Ghatal is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.