About Makho Village

Makho is a small village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 176, made up of 89 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makho Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makho village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	164.69 hectares
Population	176
Male Population	89
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
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 Makho compares

By the 2011 count Makho is the 181st largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 164.69 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Makho

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

Makho lies about 24 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 18 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 Makho
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	18 km
District headquarters	Giridih	24 km

Villages closest to Makho

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makho village had a population of 176. That makes it the 181st largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Makho village has 89 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makho has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Makho is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makho covers 164.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makho falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makho is Maheshmunda Junction, about 18 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 Makho.

Makho is about 24 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makho is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 9.8 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 18 km away. Giridih is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.