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About Makdampur Village

Makdampur is a mid sized village in Raiganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,466, made up of 761 males and 705 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makdampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makdampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Raiganj
Pincode 733134
Area (hectares) 207.09 hectares
Population 1,466
Male Population 761
Female Population 705
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makdampur compares

By the 2011 count Makdampur is the 103rd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents. Its 207.09 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Makdampur

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

Makdampur lies about 20 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Sudhani, 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 Makdampur
Nearest railway station Sudhani 3.6 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Raiganj 31 km
Nearest town Rāiganj 31 km

Villages closest to Makdampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makdampur village had a population of 1,466. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents.

Makdampur village has 761 males and 705 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makdampur has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Makdampur is 733134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makdampur covers 207.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Makdampur falls under Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Makdampur is Sudhani, about 3.6 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 Makdampur.

Makdampur is about 20 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makdampur is in Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Sudhani is about 3.6 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 20 km away. Raiganj is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balihara (2.7 km), Patol (2.8 km) and Kalibari (3.5 km).

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

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