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About Badi Makreri Village

Badi Makreri is a small village in Jogindarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 80 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,325 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badi Makreri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badi Makreri village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Jogindarnagar
Pincode 176120
Area (hectares) 76.53 hectares
Population 186
Male Population 80
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,325
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badi Makreri compares

By the 2011 count Badi Makreri is the 123rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 386 residents. Its 76.53 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1112.

Getting to Badi Makreri

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

Badi Makreri lies about 33 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 2.1 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 Badi Makreri
Tehsil headquarters Jogindarnagar 1.9 km
Nearest railway station Joginder Nagar 2.1 km
District headquarters Mandi 33 km

Villages closest to Badi Makreri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jogindarnagar 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 Badi Makreri

As per the Census of India 2011, Badi Makreri village had a population of 186. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 386 residents.

Badi Makreri village has 80 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badi Makreri has about 1325 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1112.

The pincode recorded for Badi Makreri is 176120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badi Makreri covers 76.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badi Makreri falls under Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badi Makreri is Joginder Nagar, about 2.1 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 village for Badi Makreri.

Badi Makreri is about 33 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badi Makreri is in Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Jogindarnagar is about 1.9 km away. Joginder Nagar is about 2.1 km away. Mandi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makreri (under 2 km), Mathi Makreri (under 2 km) and Jalpehr (under 2 km).

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

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