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About Makranda Village

Makranda is a large village in Manoharpur tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,071, made up of 1,088 males and 983 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 848.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makranda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makranda village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Manoharpur
Pincode 833106
Area (hectares) 848.45 hectares
Population 2,071
Male Population 1,088
Female Population 983
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 903
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Makranda compares

By the 2011 count Makranda is the 5th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 848.45 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Makranda

Makranda is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Makranda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makranda from other places

Makranda lies about 61 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Jaraikela, about under 2 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 Makranda
Nearest railway station Jaraikela under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Manoharpur 11 km
Nearest town Rourkela 28 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 61 km

Villages closest to Makranda

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

Common questions about Makranda

As per the Census of India 2011, Makranda village had a population of 2,071. That makes it the 5th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Makranda village has 1,088 males and 983 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makranda has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Makranda is 833106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makranda covers 848.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makranda falls under Manoharpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Makranda is Jaraikela, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Makranda.

Makranda is about 61 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makranda is in Manoharpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Jaraikela is about under 2 km away. Manoharpur is about 11 km away. Rourkela is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tormunda (2.9 km), Phulbari (2.9 km) and Pachpaia (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Makranda today is likely to be higher.

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