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About Makreta Village

Makreta is a mid sized village in Lachhmangarh tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 930, made up of 501 males and 429 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 321607, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makreta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makreta village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Lachhmangarh
Pincode 321607
Area (hectares) 298 hectares
Population 930
Male Population 501
Female Population 429
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makreta compares

By the 2011 count Makreta is the 109th largest of the 203 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 298 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Makreta

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

Makreta lies about 38 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Dantia, about 16 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 Makreta
Tehsil headquarters Lachhmangarh 5.8 km
Nearest railway station Dantia 16 km
Nearest town Nagar 22 km
District headquarters Alwar 38 km

Villages closest to Makreta

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

Common questions about Makreta

As per the Census of India 2011, Makreta village had a population of 930. That makes it the 109th largest of the 203 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Makreta village has 501 males and 429 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makreta has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Makreta is 321607. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makreta covers 298 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makreta falls under Lachhmangarh tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Makreta is Dantia, about 16 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 Makreta.

Makreta is about 38 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makreta is in Lachhmangarh tehsil of Alwar district. Lachhmangarh is about 5.8 km away. Dantia is about 16 km away. Nagar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kemla (under 2 km), Teentpur (under 2 km) and Toda (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Makreta today is likely to be higher.

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