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About Makodiya Village

Makodiya is a mid sized village in Sawer tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,337, made up of 675 males and 662 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1049.46 hectares hectares.

Makodiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makodiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Indore
Tehsil Sawer
Area (hectares) 1049.46 hectares
Population 1,337
Male Population 675
Female Population 662
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 981
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Makodiya compares

By the 2011 count Makodiya is the 49th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,378 residents. Its 1049.46 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Makodiya

Makodiya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makodiya 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makodiya from other places

Makodiya lies about 29 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Binjana, about 6.7 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 Makodiya
Nearest railway station Binjana 6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Sawer 11 km
Nearest town Dewas 12 km
District headquarters Indore 29 km

Villages closest to Makodiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makodiya village had a population of 1,337. That makes it the 49th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,378 residents.

Makodiya village has 675 males and 662 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makodiya has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

Makodiya covers 1049.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makodiya falls under Sawer tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makodiya is Binjana, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 5 - 10 km distance for Makodiya.

Makodiya is about 29 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makodiya is in Sawer tehsil of Indore district. Binjana is about 6.7 km away. Sawer is about 11 km away. Dewas is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Machhu Khedi (1.8 km), Solsindi (2.2 km) and Badodia Panth (3.0 km).

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

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