About Makhan Windi Village

Makhan Windi is a large village in Amritsar I tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,190, made up of 2,194 males and 1,996 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 750 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makhan Windi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhan Windi village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Amritsar I
Pincode	143001
Area (hectares)	750 hectares
Population	4,190
Male Population	2,194
Female Population	1,996
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Makhan Windi compares

By the 2011 count Makhan Windi is the 10th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 750 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Makhan Windi

Makhan Windi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makhan Windi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makhan Windi from other places

Makhan Windi lies about 14 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Kathunangal, about 6.5 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 Makhan Windi
Nearest railway station	Kathunangal	6.5 km
Nearest town	Nangli	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amritsar I	14 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	14 km

Villages closest to Makhan Windi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amritsar I 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 Makhan Windi

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhan Windi village had a population of 4,190. That makes it the 10th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Makhan Windi village has 2,194 males and 1,996 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhan Windi has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Makhan Windi is 143001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makhan Windi covers 750 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makhan Windi falls under Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Makhan Windi is Kathunangal, about 6.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Makhan Windi.

Makhan Windi is about 14 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhan Windi is in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district. Kathunangal is about 6.5 km away. Nangli is about 11 km away. Amritsar I is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.