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About Makrikhuna Village

Makrikhuna is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 939, made up of 463 males and 476 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makrikhuna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makrikhuna village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 494334
Area (hectares) 293.57 hectares
Population 939
Male Population 463
Female Population 476
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makrikhuna compares

By the 2011 count Makrikhuna is the 38th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 293.57 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Makrikhuna

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

Makrikhuna lies about 24 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, 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 Makrikhuna
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 6.2 km
Nearest town Kānker 6.2 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 24 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 40 km

Villages closest to Makrikhuna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makrikhuna village had a population of 939. That makes it the 38th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Makrikhuna village has 463 males and 476 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makrikhuna has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Makrikhuna is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makrikhuna covers 293.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makrikhuna falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Makrikhuna is Keoti, 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 village for Makrikhuna.

Makrikhuna is about 24 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makrikhuna is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 6.2 km away. Kānker is about 6.2 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matwada (1.8 km), Nadanmara (1.9 km) and Kokpur (2.3 km).

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

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