About Makarhat Village

Makarhat is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,357, made up of 699 males and 658 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.92 hectares hectares.

Makarhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makarhat village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	91.92 hectares
Population	1,357
Male Population	699
Female Population	658
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Makarhat compares

By the 2011 count Makarhat is the 93rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 91.92 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Makarhat

Makarhat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makarhat 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makarhat from other places

Makarhat lies about 17 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sahjanwa, about 6.8 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 Makarhat
Nearest railway station	Sahjanwa	6.8 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	15 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	17 km

Villages closest to Makarhat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makarhat village had a population of 1,357. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Makarhat village has 699 males and 658 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makarhat has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Makarhat covers 91.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Makarhat falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makarhat is Sahjanwa, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Makarhat.

Makarhat is about 17 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makarhat is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Sahjanwa is about 6.8 km away. Khalīlābād is about 15 km away. Gorakhpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.