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About Makat Village

Makat is a small village in Namsang tehsil, in the district of Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 183, made up of 84 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,179 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 786629, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makat village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Tirap
Tehsil Namsang
Pincode 786629
Population 183
Male Population 84
Female Population 99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,179
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makat compares

By the 2011 count Makat is the 10th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 253 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Makat

Makat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makat as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Makat from other places

Makat lies about 26 km from Tirap, and the nearest railway station is Namrup, about 23 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 Makat
Tehsil headquarters Namsang 1.6 km
Nearest railway station Namrup 23 km
Nearest town Margherita 24 km
District headquarters Tirap 26 km

Villages closest to Makat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makat village had a population of 183. That makes it the 10th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 253 residents.

Makat village has 84 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makat has about 1179 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Makat is 786629. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makat falls under Namsang tehsil of Tirap district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makat is Namrup, about 23 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 10+ km distance for Makat.

Makat is about 26 km from Tirap in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makat is in Namsang tehsil of Tirap district. Namsang is about 1.6 km away. Namrup is about 23 km away. Margherita is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Namsang (1.6 km), Namsang H Q (1.6 km) and Namsangmukh (1.6 km).

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

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