About Makhanpur Village

Makhanpur is a mid sized village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 834, made up of 420 males and 414 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhanpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	145026
Area (hectares)	286 hectares
Population	834
Male Population	420
Female Population	414
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Makhanpur is the 154th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 286 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Makhanpur

Makhanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makhanpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Makhanpur from other places

Makhanpur lies about 20 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Parmanand, about 12 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 Makhanpur
Nearest railway station	Parmanand	12 km
Nearest town	Dīnānagar	13 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	26 km

Villages closest to Makhanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhanpur village had a population of 834. That makes it the 154th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Makhanpur village has 420 males and 414 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhanpur has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Makhanpur is 145026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makhanpur covers 286 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makhanpur falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Makhanpur is Parmanand, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Makhanpur.

Makhanpur is about 20 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhanpur is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Parmanand is about 12 km away. Dīnānagar is about 13 km away. Gurdaspur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.