About Makanpur Village

Makanpur is a mid sized village in Okhamandal tehsil, in the district of Jamnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,062, made up of 568 males and 494 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 993.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 361345, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makanpur village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Jamnagar
Tehsil	Okhamandal
Pincode	361345
Area (hectares)	993.18 hectares
Population	1,062
Male Population	568
Female Population	494
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Makanpur compares

By the 2011 count Makanpur is the 17th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,318 residents. Its 993.18 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Makanpur

Makanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makanpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makanpur from other places

Makanpur lies about 114 km from Jamnagar, and the nearest railway station is Varvala, about 4.2 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 Makanpur
Nearest railway station	Varvala	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Okhamandal	6.0 km
Nearest town	Dwārka	11 km
District headquarters	Jamnagar	114 km

Villages closest to Makanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makanpur village had a population of 1,062. That makes it the 17th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,318 residents.

Makanpur village has 568 males and 494 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makanpur has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Makanpur is 361345. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makanpur covers 993.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makanpur falls under Okhamandal tehsil of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Makanpur is Varvala, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Makanpur.

Makanpur is about 114 km from Jamnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makanpur is in Okhamandal tehsil of Jamnagar district. Varvala is about 4.2 km away. Okhamandal is about 6.0 km away. Dwārka is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.