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About Makra Chapar Village

Makra Chapar is a small village in Kathikund tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 411, made up of 210 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makra Chapar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makra Chapar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Kathikund
Pincode 814103
Area (hectares) 123.07 hectares
Population 411
Male Population 210
Female Population 201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 957
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 Makra Chapar compares

By the 2011 count Makra Chapar is the 58th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 372 residents. Its 123.07 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Makra Chapar

Makra Chapar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makra Chapar 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 Makra Chapar from other places

Makra Chapar lies about 34 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 2.8 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 Makra Chapar
Nearest railway station Harinsing 2.8 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Kathikund 34 km
District headquarters Dumka 34 km

Villages closest to Makra Chapar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kathikund 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 Makra Chapar

As per the Census of India 2011, Makra Chapar village had a population of 411. That makes it the 58th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 372 residents.

Makra Chapar village has 210 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makra Chapar has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Makra Chapar is 814103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makra Chapar covers 123.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makra Chapar falls under Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makra Chapar is Harinsing, about 2.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Makra Chapar.

Makra Chapar is about 34 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makra Chapar is in Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 2.8 km away. Rampur Hat is about 21 km away. Kathikund is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pokharia (2.2 km), Chirudih (2.9 km) and Taldih (5.0 km).

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

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