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About Makriya Village

Makriya is a mid sized village in Sahara tehsil, in the district of Bhilwara, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,357, made up of 703 males and 654 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 874 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 311802, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makriya village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Bhilwara
Tehsil Sahara
Pincode 311802
Area (hectares) 874 hectares
Population 1,357
Male Population 703
Female Population 654
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makriya compares

By the 2011 count Makriya is the 27th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 874 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Makriya

Makriya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makriya as Available within <5 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 Makriya from other places

Makriya lies about 27 km from Bhilwara, and the nearest railway station is Hamirgarh, about 24 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 Makriya
Tehsil headquarters Sahara 17 km
Nearest railway station Hamirgarh 24 km
District headquarters Bhilwara 27 km

Villages closest to Makriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makriya village had a population of 1,357. That makes it the 27th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Makriya village has 703 males and 654 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makriya has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Makriya is 311802. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makriya covers 874 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makriya falls under Sahara tehsil of Bhilwara district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Makriya is Hamirgarh, about 24 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Makriya.

Makriya is about 27 km from Bhilwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makriya is in Sahara tehsil of Bhilwara district. Sahara is about 17 km away. Hamirgarh is about 24 km away. Bhilwara is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahendragarh (2.6 km), Bhoonas (3.5 km) and Mangras (4.8 km).

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

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