About Makhti Village

Makhti is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 254 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makhti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makhti village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	236.61 hectares
Population	479
Male Population	254
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
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 Makhti compares

By the 2011 count Makhti is the 29th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 236.61 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 953.

Getting to Makhti

Makhti is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Makhti 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 Makhti from other places

Makhti lies about 36 km from Dehradun. 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 Makhti
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	9.5 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	24 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	36 km

Villages closest to Makhti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makhti village had a population of 479. That makes it the 29th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Makhti village has 254 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makhti has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Makhti is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makhti covers 236.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makhti falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

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

Makhti is about 36 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makhti is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 9.5 km away. Mussoorie is about 24 km away. Dehradun is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.