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About Makri Village

Makri is a small village in Gurbandha tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 466, made up of 248 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286 hectares hectares.

Makri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Gurbandha
Area (hectares) 286 hectares
Population 466
Male Population 248
Female Population 218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Makri compares

By the 2011 count Makri is the 34th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 517 residents. Its 286 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 993.

Getting to Makri

Makri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kuriyan, Larkabasa, Laupara and Madhbhandar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Makri

As per the Census of India 2011, Makri village had a population of 466. That makes it the 34th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 517 residents.

Makri village has 248 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makri has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Makri covers 286 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makri falls under Gurbandha tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Makri notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Makri.

Makri is in Gurbandha tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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