About Makandu Village

Makandu is a mid sized village in Kuru tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,369, made up of 679 males and 690 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makandu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makandu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Kuru
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	325 hectares
Population	1,369
Male Population	679
Female Population	690
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
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 Makandu compares

By the 2011 count Makandu is the 24th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 325 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Makandu

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

Makandu lies about 20 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Akashi, about 11 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 Makandu
Tehsil headquarters	Kuru	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Akashi	11 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	20 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	20 km

Villages closest to Makandu

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 Makandu

As per the Census of India 2011, Makandu village had a population of 1,369. That makes it the 24th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Makandu village has 679 males and 690 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makandu has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Makandu covers 325 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makandu falls under Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makandu is Akashi, about 11 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 Makandu.

Makandu 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.

Makandu is in Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district. Kuru is about 5.6 km away. Akashi is about 11 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.