About Makarha Village

Makarha is a large village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,039, made up of 1,075 males and 964 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192.27 hectares hectares.

Makarha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makarha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Khajni
Area (hectares)	192.27 hectares
Population	2,039
Male Population	1,075
Female Population	964
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makarha compares

By the 2011 count Makarha is the 37th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 192.27 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Makarha

Makarha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Makarha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Makarha from other places

Makarha lies about 46 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 38 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 Makarha
Tehsil headquarters	Khajni	30 km
Nearest town	Azamgarh	38 km
Nearest railway station	Maghar	38 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	46 km

Villages closest to Makarha

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

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Common questions about Makarha

As per the Census of India 2011, Makarha village had a population of 2,039. That makes it the 37th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Makarha village has 1,075 males and 964 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makarha has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Makarha covers 192.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Makarha falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makarha is Maghar, about 38 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Makarha.

Makarha is about 46 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makarha is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 30 km away. Azamgarh is about 38 km away. Maghar is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.