About Makriana Village

Makriana is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 12 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 10 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makriana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makriana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171001
Area (hectares)	10 hectares
Population	20
Male Population	12
Female Population	8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	667
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 Makriana compares

By the 2011 count Makriana is the 465th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 10 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 987.

Getting to Makriana

Makriana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makriana 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makriana from other places

Makriana lies about 17 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 14 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 Makriana
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	17 km
District headquarters	Shimla	17 km

Villages closest to Makriana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Makriana

As per the Census of India 2011, Makriana village had a population of 20. That makes it the 465th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Makriana village has 12 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makriana has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Makriana is 171001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makriana covers 10 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makriana falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makriana is Jutogh, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Makriana.

Makriana is about 17 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makriana is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 14 km away. Shimla Rural is about 17 km away. Shimla is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.