About Makar Gaon Village

Makar Gaon is a small village in Berinag tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 67, made up of 38 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 763 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262534, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makar Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makar Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Berinag
Pincode	262534
Area (hectares)	187.47 hectares
Population	67
Male Population	38
Female Population	29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	763
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 Makar Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Makar Gaon is the 182nd largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 183 residents. Its 187.47 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1140.

Getting to Makar Gaon

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

Makar Gaon lies about 49 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 100 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 Makar Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Berinag	25 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	49 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	49 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	100 km

Villages closest to Makar Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Berinag 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 Makar Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Makar Gaon village had a population of 67. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 183 residents.

Makar Gaon village has 38 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makar Gaon has about 763 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1140.

The pincode recorded for Makar Gaon is 262534. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makar Gaon covers 187.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makar Gaon falls under Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Makar Gaon is Kathgodam, about 100 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 Makar Gaon.

Makar Gaon is about 49 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makar Gaon is in Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Berinag is about 25 km away. Pithoragarh is about 49 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.