About Makuriya Village

Makuriya is a small village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 126, made up of 65 males and 61 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 802122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makuriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makuriya village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Rajpur
Pincode	802122
Area (hectares)	73 hectares
Population	126
Male Population	65
Female Population	61
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makuriya compares

By the 2011 count Makuriya is the 154th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents. Its 73 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Makuriya

Makuriya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makuriya as Available within 5 - 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 Makuriya from other places

Makuriya lies about 21 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Chausa, about 10 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 Makuriya
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpur	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Chausa	10 km
District headquarters	Buxar	21 km

Villages closest to Makuriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makuriya village had a population of 126. That makes it the 154th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents.

Makuriya village has 65 males and 61 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makuriya has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Makuriya is 802122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makuriya covers 73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makuriya falls under Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Makuriya is Chausa, about 10 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 village for Makuriya.

Makuriya is about 21 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makuriya is in Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district. Rajpur is about under 2 km away. Chausa is about 10 km away. Buxar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.