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About Makragaon Village

Makragaon is a small village in Bijni tehsil, in the district of Chirang, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 283, made up of 151 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.24 hectares hectares.

Makragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makragaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Chirang
Tehsil Bijni
Area (hectares) 134.24 hectares
Population 283
Male Population 151
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
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 Makragaon compares

By the 2011 count Makragaon is the 185th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 850 residents. Its 134.24 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Makragaon

Makragaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makragaon 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. The nearest villages by name are Laukuriguri, Ledopara, Majrabari No 1 and Majrabari No 2. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Makragaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Makragaon village had a population of 283. That makes it the 185th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 850 residents.

Makragaon village has 151 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makragaon has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Makragaon covers 134.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makragaon falls under Bijni tehsil of Chirang district in Assam.

The census record for Makragaon notes the nearest railway station 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 Makragaon.

Makragaon is in Bijni tehsil of Chirang district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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