About Makra Village

Makra is a small village in Kuru tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 137, made up of 74 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Kuru
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	132.24 hectares
Population	137
Male Population	74
Female Population	63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
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 among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 132.24 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

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 20 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Akashi, about 9.3 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	Kuru	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Akashi	9.3 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	20 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	20 km

Villages closest to Makra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kuru 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 137. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Makra village has 74 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makra has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Makra is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makra covers 132.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makra falls under Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makra is Akashi, about 9.3 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 20 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makra is in Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district. Kuru is about 8.3 km away. Akashi is about 9.3 km away. Lohardaga is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.