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About Makkekonha Village

Makkekonha is a small village in Bodla tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 161, made up of 86 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makkekonha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makkekonha village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Bodla
Pincode 491995
Area (hectares) 38.56 hectares
Population 161
Male Population 86
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makkekonha compares

By the 2011 count Makkekonha is the 258th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 38.56 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 1006.

Getting to Makkekonha

Makkekonha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makkekonha 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makkekonha from other places

Makkekonha lies about 12 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 67 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 Makkekonha
District headquarters Kabeerdham 12 km
Nearest town Kawardha 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Bodla 21 km
Nearest railway station Hathbandh 67 km

Villages closest to Makkekonha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makkekonha village had a population of 161. That makes it the 258th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Makkekonha village has 86 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makkekonha has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Makkekonha is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makkekonha covers 38.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makkekonha falls under Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Makkekonha is Hathbandh, about 67 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Makkekonha.

Makkekonha is about 12 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makkekonha is in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Kabeerdham is about 12 km away. Kawardha is about 15 km away. Bodla is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mohanpur (3.1 km), Dullapur (4.9 km) and Khadaudakhurd (6.4 km).

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

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