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About Makri Village

Makri is a mid sized village in Kharsia tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 587, made up of 295 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Kharsia
Pincode 496661
Area (hectares) 118.67 hectares
Population 587
Male Population 295
Female Population 292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Makri compares

By the 2011 count Makri is the 93rd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 118.67 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Makri

Makri 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 Makri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Makri from other places

Makri lies about 34 km from Raigarh. 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 Makri
Tehsil headquarters Kharsia 3.1 km
Nearest town Saktī 13 km
District headquarters Raigarh 34 km

Villages closest to Makri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makri village had a population of 587. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Makri village has 295 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makri has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Makri is 496661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makri covers 118.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makri falls under Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Makri notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Makri.

Makri is about 34 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makri is in Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district. Kharsia is about 3.1 km away. Saktī is about 13 km away. Raigarh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghaghara (under 2 km), Gopi Mahka (1.8 km) and Ratan Mahka (1.8 km).

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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