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About Makarjhir Village

Makarjhir is a mid sized village in Lakhnadon tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 763, made up of 390 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 334.56 hectares hectares.

Makarjhir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makarjhir village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Lakhnadon
Area (hectares) 334.56 hectares
Population 763
Male Population 390
Female Population 373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 956
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makarjhir compares

By the 2011 count Makarjhir is the 68th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 334.56 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Makarjhir

Makarjhir is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Makarjhir as Available within 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 Makarjhir from other places

Makarjhir lies about 69 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Shikara, about 21 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 Makarjhir
Tehsil headquarters Lakhnadon 14 km
Nearest railway station Shikara 21 km
Nearest town Gotegaon 43 km
District headquarters Seoni 69 km

Villages closest to Makarjhir

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makarjhir village had a population of 763. That makes it the 68th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Makarjhir village has 390 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makarjhir has about 956 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 990.

Makarjhir covers 334.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makarjhir falls under Lakhnadon tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makarjhir is Shikara, about 21 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 10+ km distance for Makarjhir.

Makarjhir is about 69 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makarjhir is in Lakhnadon tehsil of Seoni district. Lakhnadon is about 14 km away. Shikara is about 21 km away. Gotegaon is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sanai Dongari (1.7 km), Punwara Kalan (2.3 km) and Baghodi (2.3 km).

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

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