About Makhangarh Village

Makhangarh is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 254 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makhangarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhangarh village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	146102
Area (hectares)	117 hectares
Population	484
Male Population	254
Female Population	230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Makhangarh compares

By the 2011 count Makhangarh is the 214th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 117 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 961.

Getting to Makhangarh

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

How far is Makhangarh from other places

Makhangarh lies about 18 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 13 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 Makhangarh
Nearest railway station	Mahngarwal Doaba	13 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	18 km
Nearest town	Hoshiārpur	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	24 km

Villages closest to Makhangarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhangarh village had a population of 484. That makes it the 214th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Makhangarh village has 254 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhangarh has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Makhangarh is 146102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makhangarh covers 117 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makhangarh falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Makhangarh is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Makhangarh.

Makhangarh is about 18 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhangarh is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mahngarwal Doaba is about 13 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 18 km away. Hoshiārpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.