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About Makkhanpur Village

Makkhanpur is a small village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 76, made up of 40 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.08 hectares hectares.

Makkhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makkhanpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Bansgaon
Area (hectares) 13.08 hectares
Population 76
Male Population 40
Female Population 36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Makkhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Makkhanpur is the 408th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 13.08 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Makkhanpur

Makkhanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makkhanpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Makkhanpur from other places

Makkhanpur lies about 47 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Dohrighat, about 12 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 Makkhanpur
Nearest town Chillupār 10 km
Nearest railway station Dohrighat 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Bansgaon 27 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 47 km

Villages closest to Makkhanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makkhanpur village had a population of 76. That makes it the 408th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Makkhanpur village has 40 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makkhanpur has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Makkhanpur covers 13.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makkhanpur falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makkhanpur is Dohrighat, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance for Makkhanpur.

Makkhanpur is about 47 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makkhanpur is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Chillupār is about 10 km away. Dohrighat is about 12 km away. Bansgaon 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 Dhamakkapur (under 2 km), Foolpur (under 2 km) and Harizanpur (under 2 km).

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

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