About Makrapahari Village

Makrapahari is a mid sized village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 693, made up of 325 males and 368 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,132 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makrapahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makrapahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	309 hectares
Population	693
Male Population	325
Female Population	368
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,132
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makrapahari compares

By the 2011 count Makrapahari is the 64th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 309 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Makrapahari

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

Makrapahari lies about 33 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about under 2 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 Makrapahari
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	under 2 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	33 km
District headquarters	Dumka	33 km

Villages closest to Makrapahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makrapahari village had a population of 693. That makes it the 64th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Makrapahari village has 325 males and 368 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makrapahari has about 1132 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Makrapahari is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makrapahari covers 309 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makrapahari falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makrapahari is Harinsing, about under 2 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 village for Makrapahari.

Makrapahari is about 33 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makrapahari is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about under 2 km away. Rampur Hat is about 22 km away. Shikaripara is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.