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About Makanpura Village

Makanpura is a small village in Sailana tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 136, made up of 70 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.04 hectares hectares.

Makanpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makanpura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Sailana
Area (hectares) 54.04 hectares
Population 136
Male Population 70
Female Population 66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 943
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makanpura compares

By the 2011 count Makanpura is the 193rd largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 509 residents. Its 54.04 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Makanpura

Makanpura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makanpura as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Makanpura from other places

Makanpura lies about 44 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Barayla Chaurasi, about 39 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
Tehsil headquarters Sailana 26 km
Nearest town Bānswāra 29 km
Nearest railway station Barayla Chaurasi 39 km
District headquarters Ratlam 44 km

Villages closest to Makanpura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sailana 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 136. That makes it the 193rd largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 509 residents.

Makanpura village has 70 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makanpura has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Makanpura covers 54.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Makanpura is Barayla Chaurasi, about 39 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Makanpura.

Makanpura is about 44 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 Sailana tehsil of Ratlam district. Sailana is about 26 km away. Bānswāra is about 29 km away. Barayla Chaurasi is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kundal (1.8 km), Pindwara (2.9 km) and Chhayani (4.0 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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