About Makkatola Village

Makkatola is a mid sized village in Salekasa tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 803, made up of 421 males and 382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441902, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makkatola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makkatola village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Salekasa
Pincode	441902
Area (hectares)	398.87 hectares
Population	803
Male Population	421
Female Population	382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makkatola compares

By the 2011 count Makkatola is the 46th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 398.87 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1009.

Getting to Makkatola

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

Makkatola lies about 34 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Dhanoli, about 8.2 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 Makkatola
Nearest railway station	Dhanoli	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salekasa	10 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	34 km
District headquarters	Gondiya	34 km

Villages closest to Makkatola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makkatola village had a population of 803. That makes it the 46th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Makkatola village has 421 males and 382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makkatola has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Makkatola is 441902. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makkatola covers 398.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makkatola falls under Salekasa tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Makkatola is Dhanoli, about 8.2 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 Makkatola.

Makkatola is about 34 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makkatola is in Salekasa tehsil of Gondiya district. Dhanoli is about 8.2 km away. Salekasa is about 10 km away. Dongargarh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.