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About Makanpar Village

Makanpar is a small village in Bhuj tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 95 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2900.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makanpar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makanpar village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Kachchh
Tehsil Bhuj
Pincode 370408
Area (hectares) 2900.18 hectares
Population 194
Male Population 95
Female Population 99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makanpar compares

By the 2011 count Makanpar is the 128th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 2900.18 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Makanpar

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

Makanpar lies about 13 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Bhuj, about 8.6 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 Makanpar
Nearest railway station Bhuj 8.6 km
District headquarters Kachchh 13 km

Villages closest to Makanpar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makanpar village had a population of 194. That makes it the 128th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Makanpar village has 95 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makanpar has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Makanpar is 370408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makanpar covers 2900.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makanpar falls under Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Makanpar is Bhuj, about 8.6 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Makanpar.

Makanpar is about 13 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makanpar is in Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district. Bhuj is about 8.6 km away. Kachchh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhonsa (under 2 km), Baukho (3.9 km) and Notiyar Bhakhari (5.0 km).

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

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