About Makkan Village

Makkan is a mid sized village in Chaurah tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 520, made up of 286 males and 234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 392.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makkan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makkan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Chaurah
Pincode	176316
Area (hectares)	392.04 hectares
Population	520
Male Population	286
Female Population	234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makkan compares

By the 2011 count Makkan is the 58th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 441 residents. Its 392.04 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 968.

Getting to Makkan

Makkan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makkan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Ludrora, Luinda, Madan Shalancha and Maihla. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Makkan

As per the Census of India 2011, Makkan village had a population of 520. That makes it the 58th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 441 residents.

Makkan village has 286 males and 234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makkan has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Makkan is 176316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makkan covers 392.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makkan falls under Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Makkan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Makkan is in Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.