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About Makhaliya Village

Makhaliya is a mid sized village in Lunawada tehsil, in the district of Panch Mahals, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,921, made up of 1,020 males and 901 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 403.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 389210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makhaliya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhaliya village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Panch Mahals
Tehsil Lunawada
Pincode 389210
Area (hectares) 403.42 hectares
Population 1,921
Male Population 1,020
Female Population 901
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
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 Makhaliya compares

By the 2011 count Makhaliya is the 28th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 928 residents. Its 403.42 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Makhaliya

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

Makhaliya lies about 18 km from Panch Mahals, and the nearest railway station is Kansudhi, about 27 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 Makhaliya
Tehsil headquarters Lunawada 12 km
Nearest town Lūnāvāda 12 km
District headquarters Panch Mahals 18 km
Nearest railway station Kansudhi 27 km

Villages closest to Makhaliya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhaliya village had a population of 1,921. That makes it the 28th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 928 residents.

Makhaliya village has 1,020 males and 901 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhaliya has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Makhaliya is 389210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makhaliya covers 403.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makhaliya falls under Lunawada tehsil of Panch Mahals district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Makhaliya is Kansudhi, about 27 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 Makhaliya.

Makhaliya is about 18 km from Panch Mahals in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhaliya is in Lunawada tehsil of Panch Mahals district. Lunawada is about 12 km away. Lūnāvāda is about 12 km away. Panch Mahals is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Timba (under 2 km), Kantar (2.5 km) and Kantha (2.5 km).

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

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