About Makwa Village

Makwa is a large village in Asarganj tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,845, made up of 1,518 males and 1,327 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218 hectares hectares.

Makwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Asarganj
Area (hectares)	218 hectares
Population	2,845
Male Population	1,518
Female Population	1,327
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makwa compares

By the 2011 count Makwa is the 6th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents. Its 218 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Makwa

Makwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Makwa as Available within 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makwa from other places

Makwa lies about 31 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Ganganiyan, about 9.7 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 Makwa
Tehsil headquarters	Asarganj	2.6 km
Nearest railway station	Ganganiyan	9.7 km
Nearest town	Kharagpur	11 km
District headquarters	Munger	31 km

Villages closest to Makwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makwa village had a population of 2,845. That makes it the 6th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents.

Makwa village has 1,518 males and 1,327 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makwa has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

Makwa covers 218 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Makwa falls under Asarganj tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Makwa is Ganganiyan, about 9.7 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 10+ km distance for Makwa.

Makwa is about 31 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makwa is in Asarganj tehsil of Munger district. Asarganj is about 2.6 km away. Ganganiyan is about 9.7 km away. Kharagpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.