About Makunda Village

Makunda is a mid sized village in Sisai tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 849, made up of 405 males and 444 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,096 females per 1000 males. The village covers 454 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makunda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Sisai
Pincode	835224
Area (hectares)	454 hectares
Population	849
Male Population	405
Female Population	444
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,096
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makunda compares

By the 2011 count Makunda is the 49th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents. Its 454 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1004.

Getting to Makunda

Makunda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makunda as Available within 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 Makunda from other places

Makunda lies about 21 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Irgaon, 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 Makunda
Tehsil headquarters	Sisai	7.5 km
District headquarters	Gumla	21 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	21 km
Nearest railway station	Irgaon	28 km

Villages closest to Makunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makunda village had a population of 849. That makes it the 49th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,360 residents.

Makunda village has 405 males and 444 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makunda has about 1096 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Makunda is 835224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makunda covers 454 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makunda falls under Sisai tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makunda is Irgaon, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Makunda.

Makunda is about 21 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makunda is in Sisai tehsil of Gumla district. Sisai is about 7.5 km away. Gumla is about 21 km away. Gumlā is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.