About Makratanr Village

Makratanr is a small village in Purbi Tundi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 189, made up of 100 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152 hectares hectares.

Makratanr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makratanr village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Purbi Tundi
Area (hectares)	152 hectares
Population	189
Male Population	100
Female Population	89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makratanr compares

By the 2011 count Makratanr is the 67th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 636 residents. Its 152 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 971.

Getting to Makratanr

Makratanr is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Makratanr as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Makratanr from other places

Makratanr lies about 28 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Giridih, about 18 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 Makratanr
Tehsil headquarters	Purbi Tundi	16 km
Nearest railway station	Giridih	18 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	28 km

Villages closest to Makratanr

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Purbi Tundi 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 Makratanr

As per the Census of India 2011, Makratanr village had a population of 189. That makes it the 67th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 636 residents.

Makratanr village has 100 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makratanr has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Makratanr covers 152 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makratanr falls under Purbi Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makratanr is Giridih, about 18 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 10+ km distance for Makratanr.

Makratanr is about 28 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makratanr is in Purbi Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district. Purbi Tundi is about 16 km away. Giridih is about 18 km away. Dhanbad is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.