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About Makkepala Village

Makkepala is a small village in Raipura tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 239 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.76 hectares hectares.

Makkepala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makkepala village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Raipura
Area (hectares) 287.76 hectares
Population 479
Male Population 239
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makkepala compares

By the 2011 count Makkepala is the 60th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 781 residents. Its 287.76 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Makkepala

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

Makkepala lies about 80 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Salaia, about 22 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 Makkepala
Tehsil headquarters Raipura 17 km
Nearest railway station Salaia 22 km
Nearest town Hatta 34 km
District headquarters Panna 80 km

Villages closest to Makkepala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makkepala village had a population of 479. That makes it the 60th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 781 residents.

Makkepala village has 239 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makkepala has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Makkepala covers 287.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makkepala falls under Raipura tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makkepala is Salaia, about 22 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Makkepala.

Makkepala is about 80 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makkepala is in Raipura tehsil of Panna district. Raipura is about 17 km away. Salaia is about 22 km away. Hatta is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aloni (under 2 km), Birampura (under 2 km) and Jhaladumri (1.5 km).

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

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