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About Makkhanpur Village

Makkhanpur is a mid sized village in Nawagarh tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 784, made up of 382 males and 402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makkhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makkhanpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Nawagarh
Pincode 491337
Area (hectares) 301.25 hectares
Population 784
Male Population 382
Female Population 402
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,052
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Makkhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Makkhanpur is the 90th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 985 residents. Its 301.25 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Makkhanpur

Makkhanpur 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 Makkhanpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makkhanpur from other places

Makkhanpur lies about 80 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 29 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 Makkhanpur
Tehsil headquarters Nawagarh 9.7 km
Nearest town Bemetāra 16 km
Nearest railway station Hathbandh 29 km
District headquarters Durg 80 km

Villages closest to Makkhanpur

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

Common questions about Makkhanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Makkhanpur village had a population of 784. That makes it the 90th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 985 residents.

Makkhanpur village has 382 males and 402 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makkhanpur has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Makkhanpur is 491337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makkhanpur covers 301.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makkhanpur falls under Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Makkhanpur is Hathbandh, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Makkhanpur.

Makkhanpur is about 80 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makkhanpur is in Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district. Nawagarh is about 9.7 km away. Bemetāra is about 16 km away. Hathbandh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gopalpur (2.0 km), Deori (2.4 km) and Khamhi (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Makkhanpur today is likely to be higher.

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