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About Makardhokada Village

Makardhokada is a mid sized village in Deori tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,124, made up of 579 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 741.03 hectares hectares.

Makardhokada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makardhokada village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gondiya
Tehsil Deori
Area (hectares) 741.03 hectares
Population 1,124
Male Population 579
Female Population 545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makardhokada compares

By the 2011 count Makardhokada is the 26th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 741.03 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Makardhokada

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

Makardhokada lies about 47 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Salekasa, about 24 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 Makardhokada
Tehsil headquarters Deori 6.6 km
Nearest railway station Salekasa 24 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 36 km
District headquarters Gondiya 47 km

Villages closest to Makardhokada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makardhokada village had a population of 1,124. That makes it the 26th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Makardhokada village has 579 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makardhokada has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Makardhokada covers 741.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makardhokada falls under Deori tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Makardhokada is Salekasa, about 24 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Makardhokada.

Makardhokada is about 47 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makardhokada is in Deori tehsil of Gondiya district. Deori is about 6.6 km away. Salekasa is about 24 km away. Dongargarh is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padampur (under 2 km), Silapur (2.8 km) and Fukkimeta (3.1 km).

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

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