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About Makhat Village

Makhat is a small village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 138, made up of 71 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.07 hectares hectares.

Makhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhat village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Harraiya
Area (hectares) 25.07 hectares
Population 138
Male Population 71
Female Population 67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makhat compares

By the 2011 count Makhat is the 1142nd largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 25.07 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Makhat

Makhat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Makhat as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Majhawa Chaudhari, Majhganva, Majhgavan and Majhiyar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Makhat

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhat village had a population of 138. That makes it the 1142nd largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Makhat village has 71 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhat has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 965.

Makhat covers 25.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makhat falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Makhat notes the nearest railway station 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 for Makhat.

Makhat is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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