About Makranpur Village

Makranpur is a small village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 285, made up of 143 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makranpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makranpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	493445
Area (hectares)	304.68 hectares
Population	285
Male Population	143
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	993
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makranpur compares

By the 2011 count Makranpur is the 150th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 304.68 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Makranpur

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

Makranpur lies about 43 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bortalao, about under 2 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 Makranpur
Nearest railway station	Bortalao	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	13 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	43 km

Villages closest to Makranpur

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

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Common questions about Makranpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Makranpur village had a population of 285. That makes it the 150th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Makranpur village has 143 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makranpur has about 993 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 1017.

The pincode recorded for Makranpur is 493445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makranpur covers 304.68 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.

Makranpur falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Makranpur is Bortalao, about under 2 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 10+ km distance for Makranpur.

Makranpur is about 43 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makranpur is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bortalao is about under 2 km away. Dongargarh is about 13 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.