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About Makrol Village

Makrol is a mid sized village in Iglas tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,592, made up of 875 males and 717 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300.36 hectares hectares.

Makrol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makrol village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Tehsil Iglas
Area (hectares) 300.36 hectares
Population 1,592
Male Population 875
Female Population 717
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 819
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Makrol compares

By the 2011 count Makrol is the 73rd largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,990 residents. Its 300.36 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 872.

Getting to Makrol

Makrol is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Makrol as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makrol from other places

Makrol lies about 34 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Sonai, about 5.7 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 Makrol
Nearest railway station Sonai 5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Iglas 11 km
Nearest town Rāya 13 km
District headquarters Aligarh 34 km

Villages closest to Makrol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makrol village had a population of 1,592. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,990 residents.

Makrol village has 875 males and 717 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makrol has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 872.

Makrol covers 300.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makrol falls under Iglas tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makrol is Sonai, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Makrol.

Makrol is about 34 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makrol is in Iglas tehsil of Aligarh district. Sonai is about 5.7 km away. Iglas is about 11 km away. Rāya is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lal Garhi (1.6 km), Garhi Dhanu (2.3 km) and Jawar (2.7 km).

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

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