About Makarajpur Village

Makarajpur is a small village in Chandipur tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 420, made up of 216 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721633, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makarajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makarajpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Chandipur
Pincode	721633
Area (hectares)	14.76 hectares
Population	420
Male Population	216
Female Population	204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makarajpur compares

By the 2011 count Makarajpur is the 90th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents. Its 14.76 hectares work out to about 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Makarajpur

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

Makarajpur lies about 70 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Subhas Gram, about 2.6 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 Makarajpur
Nearest railway station	Subhas Gram	2.6 km
Nearest town	Rajpur Sonarpur	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandipur	8.1 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	70 km

Villages closest to Makarajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makarajpur village had a population of 420. That makes it the 90th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents.

Makarajpur village has 216 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makarajpur has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 928.

The pincode recorded for Makarajpur is 721633. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makarajpur covers 14.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Makarajpur falls under Chandipur tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Makarajpur is Subhas Gram, about 2.6 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 village for Makarajpur.

Makarajpur is about 70 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makarajpur is in Chandipur tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Subhas Gram is about 2.6 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 2.7 km away. Chandipur is about 8.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.