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About Makri Village

Makri is a small village in Jhanduta tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 288, made up of 144 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174017, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Jhanduta
Pincode 174017
Area (hectares) 68.85 hectares
Population 288
Male Population 144
Female Population 144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makri compares

By the 2011 count Makri is the 109th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 68.85 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Makri

Makri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makri 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Ladhera, Lag, Laihad and Lurhar. 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 Makri

As per the Census of India 2011, Makri village had a population of 288. That makes it the 109th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Makri village has 144 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makri has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Makri is 174017. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makri covers 68.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makri falls under Jhanduta tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Makri notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Makri is in Jhanduta tehsil of Bilaspur 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 Makri today is likely to be higher.

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