About Makhan Purcharkan Village

Makhan Purcharkan is a mid sized village in Bishnah tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,846, made up of 962 males and 884 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makhan Purcharkan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhan Purcharkan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Bishnah
Pincode	181132
Area (hectares)	169.6 hectares
Population	1,846
Male Population	962
Female Population	884
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makhan Purcharkan compares

By the 2011 count Makhan Purcharkan is the 9th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 909 residents. Its 169.6 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Makhan Purcharkan

Makhan Purcharkan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makhan Purcharkan as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Makhan Purcharkan from other places

Makhan Purcharkan lies about 35 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Samba, about 4.8 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 Makhan Purcharkan
Nearest town	Sāmba	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Samba	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bishnah	30 km
District headquarters	Jammu	35 km

Villages closest to Makhan Purcharkan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bishnah 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 Makhan Purcharkan

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhan Purcharkan village had a population of 1,846. That makes it the 9th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 909 residents.

Makhan Purcharkan village has 962 males and 884 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhan Purcharkan has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Makhan Purcharkan is 181132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makhan Purcharkan covers 169.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Makhan Purcharkan falls under Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Makhan Purcharkan is Samba, about 4.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Makhan Purcharkan.

Makhan Purcharkan is about 35 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhan Purcharkan is in Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district. Sāmba is about 4.6 km away. Samba is about 4.8 km away. Bishnah is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Changiya (under 2 km), Channana (under 2 km) and Dulehan (under 2 km).

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