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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Maksudpur is a village in Punpun mandal, Patna district, Bihar, with a population of 1,293 in 252 households. It has a literacy rate of 42.8% and is situated at coordinates 24.877°N, 88.089°E.
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- LGD code
- 246062
- Pincode
- 804453
- Post office
- Punpun
- Population
- 1,293
- Households
- 252
- Literacy rate
- 42.8%
- Sex ratio
- 921 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 382
- Distance to district centre
- 233 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 239 km
- Distance to Patna
- 307 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 258 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jamirghata · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Narayanpur Rural Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Maksudpur compares
By population, Maksudpur ranks #31 of 86 villages in Punpun mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.8%
−6.6% vs mandal average
Maksudpur42.8%
Punpun mandal49.4%
Patna district59.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
921
Same as the mandal average
Maksudpur921
Punpun mandal921
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
Maksudpur5.1
Punpun mandal5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maksudpur at a glance
Maksudpur is a village of 1,293 people in 252 households (Census 2011) in Punpun block, Patna district, Bihar, the 31st-largest of 86 villages in Punpun block. Literacy is 43%, 7 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 921 women per 1,000 men. It lies 233 km from the Patna district centre, 2 km from Paharpur, the nearest town, 5 km from Jamirghata railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 804453, served by Punpun post office; the LGD village code is 246062. The nearest hospital or health centre is Narayanpur Rural Hospital, 2 km away. The village votes in Hayaghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Prasad. The population is estimated at 6,286 in 2026, up 386% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Maksudpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PATNA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kalyanpur
- Total area (ha)
- 142
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 103.02
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Maksudpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Maksudpur
- LGD code
- 246062
- Pincode
- 804453
- Post office
- Punpun
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,293
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,286
- Households
- 252
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 921
- Literacy rate
- 42.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.87678°N, 88.08879°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hayaghat
- Member of Parliament
- Shambhavi Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ram Chandra Prasad
- Block / Mandal
- Punpun
Getting there
How to reach Maksudpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna307 kmcapital
- Kolkata258 km
- Delhi1157 km
- Hyderabad1297 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJamirghata5 km
- Hospital / PHCNarayanpur Rural Hospital2 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil15 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College29 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station7 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Maksudpur
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Ramkeli Madanmohan Jiu templeTemple4.3 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)