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About Makarmuta Village

Makarmuta is a small village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 223, made up of 106 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,104 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makarmuta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makarmuta village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Saraipali
Pincode 491321
Area (hectares) 261.5 hectares
Population 223
Male Population 106
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,104
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makarmuta compares

By the 2011 count Makarmuta is the 203rd largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 261.5 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Makarmuta

Makarmuta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makarmuta 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 Makarmuta from other places

Makarmuta lies about 119 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, about 40 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 Makarmuta
Tehsil headquarters Saraipali 23 km
Nearest railway station Barpali 40 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 119 km

Villages closest to Makarmuta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makarmuta village had a population of 223. That makes it the 203rd largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Makarmuta village has 106 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makarmuta has about 1104 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Makarmuta is 491321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makarmuta covers 261.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makarmuta falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Makarmuta is Barpali, about 40 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 Makarmuta.

Makarmuta is about 119 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makarmuta is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 23 km away. Barpali is about 40 km away. Mahasamund is about 119 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghatkachhar (1.8 km), Rehatikhol (3.9 km) and Murmuri (3.9 km).

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

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