About Makhra Village

Makhra is a mid sized village in Barun tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,409, made up of 742 males and 667 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhra village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Barun
Pincode	824124
Area (hectares)	278 hectares
Population	1,409
Male Population	742
Female Population	667
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Makhra compares

By the 2011 count Makhra is the 44th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,091 residents. Its 278 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Makhra

Makhra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Makhra 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makhra from other places

Makhra lies about 19 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Chirailla Pauthu, 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 Makhra
Nearest railway station	Chirailla Pauthu	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barun	9.4 km
Nearest town	Madhurampur Dehri	12 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	19 km

Villages closest to Makhra

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

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Common questions about Makhra

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhra village had a population of 1,409. That makes it the 44th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,091 residents.

Makhra village has 742 males and 667 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhra has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Makhra is 824124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makhra covers 278 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makhra falls under Barun tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Makhra is Chirailla Pauthu, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Makhra.

Makhra is about 19 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhra is in Barun tehsil of Aurangabad district. Chirailla Pauthu is about 5.7 km away. Barun is about 9.4 km away. Madhurampur Dehri is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.