About Makhna Village

Makhna is a mid sized village in Bhuj tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 840, made up of 412 males and 428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2391.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makhna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhna village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Kachchh
Tehsil	Bhuj
Pincode	370030
Area (hectares)	2391.73 hectares
Population	840
Male Population	412
Female Population	428
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makhna compares

By the 2011 count Makhna is the 76th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 2391.73 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 Makhna

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

Makhna lies about 19 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Sukhpur, about 9.0 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 Makhna
Nearest railway station	Sukhpur	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhuj	13 km
District headquarters	Kachchh	19 km

Villages closest to Makhna

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.

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Common questions about Makhna

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhna village had a population of 840. That makes it the 76th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Makhna village has 412 males and 428 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhna has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Makhna is 370030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makhna covers 2391.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makhna falls under Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Makhna is Sukhpur, about 9.0 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 Makhna.

Makhna is about 19 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhna is in Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district. Sukhpur is about 9.0 km away. Bhuj is about 13 km away. Kachchh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.