About Makan Village

Makan is a mid sized village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 570, made up of 296 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dumri
Pincode	815306
Area (hectares)	479 hectares
Population	570
Male Population	296
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
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 Makan compares

By the 2011 count Makan is the 96th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 479 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Makan

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

Makan lies about 45 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nimiaghat, about 9.7 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 Makan
Tehsil headquarters	Dumri	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Nimiaghat	9.7 km
Nearest town	Kāro	14 km
District headquarters	Giridih	45 km

Villages closest to Makan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makan village had a population of 570. That makes it the 96th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Makan village has 296 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makan has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Makan is 815306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makan covers 479 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makan falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makan is Nimiaghat, about 9.7 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 Makan.

Makan is about 45 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makan is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. Dumri is about 9.7 km away. Nimiaghat is about 9.7 km away. Kāro is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.