About Makhatu Village

Makhatu is a small village in Ranka tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 389, made up of 191 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makhatu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhatu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ranka
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	110.86 hectares
Population	389
Male Population	191
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
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 Makhatu compares

By the 2011 count Makhatu is the 60th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents. Its 110.86 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Makhatu

Makhatu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Makhatu 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 Makhatu from other places

Makhatu lies about 34 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 34 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 Makhatu
Tehsil headquarters	Ranka	19 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	34 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	34 km

Villages closest to Makhatu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhatu village had a population of 389. That makes it the 60th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents.

Makhatu village has 191 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhatu has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Makhatu is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makhatu covers 110.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makhatu falls under Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makhatu is Meralgram, about 34 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 Makhatu.

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

Makhatu is in Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district. Ranka is about 19 km away. Garhwa is about 34 km away. Meralgram is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.