About Makhi Kalan Village

Makhi Kalan is a large village in Patti tehsil, in the district of Tarn Taran, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,772, made up of 1,474 males and 1,298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 611.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143416, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makhi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhi Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Tarn Taran
Tehsil	Patti
Pincode	143416
Area (hectares)	611.48 hectares
Population	2,772
Male Population	1,474
Female Population	1,298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makhi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Makhi Kalan is the 34th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,894 residents. Its 611.48 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Makhi Kalan

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

Makhi Kalan lies about 26 km from Tarn Taran, and the nearest railway station is Gharyala, about 8.8 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 Makhi Kalan
Nearest town	Bhikkiwind Uttār	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Gharyala	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patti	14 km
District headquarters	Tarn Taran	26 km

Villages closest to Makhi Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patti 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 Makhi Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhi Kalan village had a population of 2,772. That makes it the 34th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,894 residents.

Makhi Kalan village has 1,474 males and 1,298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhi Kalan has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Makhi Kalan is 143416. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makhi Kalan covers 611.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makhi Kalan falls under Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Makhi Kalan is Gharyala, about 8.8 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 village for Makhi Kalan.

Makhi Kalan is about 26 km from Tarn Taran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhi Kalan is in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district. Bhikkiwind Uttār is about 5.5 km away. Gharyala is about 8.8 km away. Patti is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.