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About Makhan Nagar Village

Makhan Nagar is a mid sized village in Lakhipur tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 764, made up of 404 males and 360 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60 hectares hectares.

Makhan Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhan Nagar village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Lakhipur
Area (hectares) 60 hectares
Population 764
Male Population 404
Female Population 360
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makhan Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Makhan Nagar is the 205th largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents. Its 60 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Makhan Nagar

Makhan Nagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makhan Nagar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Makhan Nagar from other places

Makhan Nagar lies about 10 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Moinarband, about 5.7 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 Makhan Nagar
Nearest railway station Moinarband 5.7 km
District headquarters Cachar 10 km
Nearest town Silchar 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Lakhipur 16 km

Villages closest to Makhan Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lakhipur 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 Makhan Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhan Nagar village had a population of 764. That makes it the 205th largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents.

Makhan Nagar village has 404 males and 360 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhan Nagar has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Makhan Nagar covers 60 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Makhan Nagar falls under Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Makhan Nagar is Moinarband, about 5.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Makhan Nagar.

Makhan Nagar is about 10 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhan Nagar is in Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district. Moinarband is about 5.7 km away. Cachar is about 10 km away. Silchar is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baghkhal F V (under 2 km), Bren Nagar (under 2 km) and Budhan Nagar (under 2 km).

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

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