About Makrog Village

Makrog is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 85, made up of 40 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makrog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makrog village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	44 hectares
Population	85
Male Population	40
Female Population	45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,125
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makrog compares

By the 2011 count Makrog is the 278th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 44 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 987.

Getting to Makrog

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

Makrog lies about 13 km from Shimla. 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 Makrog
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	13 km
District headquarters	Shimla	13 km

Villages closest to Makrog

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 Makrog

As per the Census of India 2011, Makrog village had a population of 85. That makes it the 278th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Makrog village has 40 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makrog has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Makrog is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makrog covers 44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Makrog notes the nearest railway station 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 Makrog.

Makrog is about 13 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makrog is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 13 km away. Shimla is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.