About Makhu Khap Village

Makhu Khap is a mid sized village in Guraru tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 546, made up of 290 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115 hectares hectares.

Makhu Khap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhu Khap village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Guraru
Area (hectares)	115 hectares
Population	546
Male Population	290
Female Population	256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makhu Khap compares

By the 2011 count Makhu Khap is the 63rd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents. Its 115 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 926.

Getting to Makhu Khap

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

Makhu Khap lies about 24 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 2.5 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 Makhu Khap
Nearest railway station	Guraru	2.5 km
Nearest town	Rafiganj	14 km
District headquarters	Gaya	24 km

Villages closest to Makhu Khap

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Guraru 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 Makhu Khap

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhu Khap village had a population of 546. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents.

Makhu Khap village has 290 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhu Khap has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Makhu Khap covers 115 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makhu Khap falls under Guraru tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Makhu Khap is Guraru, about 2.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Makhu Khap.

Makhu Khap is about 24 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhu Khap is in Guraru tehsil of Gaya district. Guraru is about 2.5 km away. Rafiganj is about 14 km away. Gaya is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.