About Makra Village

Makra is a small village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 334, made up of 162 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	218.5 hectares
Population	334
Male Population	162
Female Population	172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makra compares

By the 2011 count Makra is the 104th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 218.5 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Makra

Makra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Makra from other places

Makra lies about 22 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 28 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 Makra
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	3.5 km
District headquarters	Gumla	22 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	22 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	28 km

Villages closest to Makra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makra village had a population of 334. That makes it the 104th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Makra village has 162 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makra has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Makra is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makra covers 218.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makra falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makra is Lohardaga, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Makra.

Makra is about 22 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makra is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 3.5 km away. Gumla is about 22 km away. Gumlā is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.