About Makkatola Village

Makkatola is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 824, made up of 388 males and 436 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,124 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491557, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makkatola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makkatola village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491557
Area (hectares)	331.16 hectares
Population	824
Male Population	388
Female Population	436
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,124
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makkatola compares

By the 2011 count Makkatola is the 86th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 331.16 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Makkatola

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

Makkatola lies about 35 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 7.9 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 Makkatola
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	11 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	35 km

Villages closest to Makkatola

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 Makkatola

As per the Census of India 2011, Makkatola village had a population of 824. That makes it the 86th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Makkatola village has 388 males and 436 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makkatola has about 1124 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Makkatola is 491557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makkatola covers 331.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makkatola falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Makkatola is Paniajob, about 7.9 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 village for Makkatola.

Makkatola is about 35 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makkatola is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Paniajob is about 7.9 km away. Dongargarh is about 11 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.