About Makrara Village

Makrara is a mid sized village in Kolaras tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 992, made up of 512 males and 480 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 437.39 hectares hectares.

Makrara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makrara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Kolaras
Area (hectares)	437.39 hectares
Population	992
Male Population	512
Female Population	480
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
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 Makrara compares

By the 2011 count Makrara is the 42nd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 437.39 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Makrara

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

Makrara lies about 26 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Khonker, about 11 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 Makrara
Nearest railway station	Khonker	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kolaras	14 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	26 km

Villages closest to Makrara

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

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Common questions about Makrara

As per the Census of India 2011, Makrara village had a population of 992. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Makrara village has 512 males and 480 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makrara has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 869.

Makrara covers 437.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makrara falls under Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makrara is Khonker, about 11 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 Makrara.

Makrara is about 26 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makrara is in Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district. Khonker is about 11 km away. Kolaras is about 14 km away. Shivpuri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.