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About Makrampur Village

Makrampur is a mid sized village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 775, made up of 412 males and 363 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makrampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makrampur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Masalia
Pincode 814119
Area (hectares) 226 hectares
Population 775
Male Population 412
Female Population 363
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makrampur compares

By the 2011 count Makrampur is the 34th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 226 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 Makrampur

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

Makrampur lies about 29 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 Makrampur
Nearest railway station Basukinath Railway Station 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Masalia 29 km
District headquarters Dumka 29 km

Villages closest to Makrampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Masalia 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 Makrampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Makrampur village had a population of 775. That makes it the 34th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Makrampur village has 412 males and 363 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makrampur has about 881 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 Makrampur is 814119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makrampur covers 226 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makrampur falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makrampur is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Makrampur.

Makrampur is about 29 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makrampur is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 21 km away. Masalia is about 29 km away. Dumka is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bikrampur (under 2 km), Rampur (under 2 km) and Sampur (under 2 km).

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

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