About Makri Village

Makri is a large village in Sagma tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,029, made up of 1,072 males and 957 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 418 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Sagma
Pincode	822121
Area (hectares)	418 hectares
Population	2,029
Male Population	1,072
Female Population	957
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
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 Makri compares

By the 2011 count Makri is the 7th largest of the 16 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,900 residents. Its 418 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 939.

Getting to Makri

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

Makri lies about 41 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Wyndhamganj, about 3.1 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 Makri
Nearest railway station	Wyndhamganj	3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagma	5.0 km
Nearest town	Renukūt	38 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	41 km

Villages closest to Makri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makri village had a population of 2,029. That makes it the 7th largest of the 16 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,900 residents.

Makri village has 1,072 males and 957 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makri has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Makri is 822121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makri covers 418 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makri falls under Sagma tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makri is Wyndhamganj, about 3.1 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 Makri.

Makri is about 41 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makri is in Sagma tehsil of Garhwa district. Wyndhamganj is about 3.1 km away. Sagma is about 5.0 km away. Renukūt is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.