About Maipit Village

Maipit is one of the larger villages in Kultali tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,615, made up of 2,962 males and 2,653 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 578.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743383, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maipit Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maipit village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Kultali
Pincode	743383
Area (hectares)	578.78 hectares
Population	5,615
Male Population	2,962
Female Population	2,653
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Maipit compares

By the 2011 count Maipit is the 15th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 5,327 residents. Its 578.78 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Maipit

Maipit is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Maipit 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maipit from other places

Maipit lies about 31 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Mathurapur Road, about 30 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 Maipit
Tehsil headquarters	Kultali	16 km
Nearest railway station	Mathurapur Road	30 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	31 km
Nearest town	Jaynagar Majilpur	31 km

Villages closest to Maipit

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maipit village had a population of 5,615. That makes it the 15th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,327 residents.

Maipit village has 2,962 males and 2,653 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maipit has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Maipit is 743383. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maipit covers 578.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maipit falls under Kultali tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Maipit is Mathurapur Road, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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 Maipit.

Maipit is about 31 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maipit is in Kultali tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Kultali is about 16 km away. Mathurapur Road is about 30 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.