About Makheri Village

Makheri is a mid sized village in Karwar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,282, made up of 663 males and 619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makheri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makheri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Karwar
Pincode	581306
Area (hectares)	80.46 hectares
Population	1,282
Male Population	663
Female Population	619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makheri compares

By the 2011 count Makheri is the 15th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents. Its 80.46 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Makheri

Makheri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makheri 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makheri from other places

Makheri lies about 45 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Karwar, 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 Makheri
Nearest railway station	Karwar	under 2 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	45 km

Villages closest to Makheri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makheri village had a population of 1,282. That makes it the 15th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents.

Makheri village has 663 males and 619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makheri has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Makheri is 581306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makheri covers 80.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Makheri falls under Karwar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Makheri is Karwar, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Makheri.

Makheri is about 45 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makheri is in Karwar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Karwar is about under 2 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.