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About Makanpura Village

Makanpura is a small village in Bajna tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 234 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.35 hectares hectares.

Makanpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makanpura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Bajna
Area (hectares) 351.35 hectares
Population 462
Male Population 234
Female Population 228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 974
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makanpura compares

By the 2011 count Makanpura is the 80th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 635 residents. Its 351.35 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Makanpura

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

How far is Makanpura from other places

Makanpura lies about 107 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Shajapur, about 40 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 Makanpura
Nearest town Agar 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Bajna 12 km
Nearest railway station Shajapur 40 km
District headquarters Ratlam 107 km

Villages closest to Makanpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makanpura village had a population of 462. That makes it the 80th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 635 residents.

Makanpura village has 234 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makanpura has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Makanpura covers 351.35 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.

Makanpura falls under Bajna tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makanpura is Shajapur, about 40 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Makanpura.

Makanpura is about 107 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makanpura is in Bajna tehsil of Ratlam district. Agar is about 3.6 km away. Bajna is about 12 km away. Shajapur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amarpura Khurd (under 2 km), Bhojpura (under 2 km) and Gautampura (under 2 km).

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

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