About Makuri Village

Makuri is a small village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 392, made up of 207 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makuri village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Mori
Pincode	249128
Area (hectares)	246.21 hectares
Population	392
Male Population	207
Female Population	185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Makuri compares

By the 2011 count Makuri is the 43rd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 246.21 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 936.

Getting to Makuri

Makuri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Makuri as Available within 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 Makuri from other places

Makuri lies about 63 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Shimla, about 71 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 Makuri
Tehsil headquarters	Mori	14 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	63 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	68 km
Nearest railway station	Shimla	71 km

Villages closest to Makuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makuri village had a population of 392. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Makuri village has 207 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makuri has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Makuri is 249128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makuri covers 246.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makuri falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Makuri is Shimla, about 71 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 5 - 10 km distance for Makuri.

Makuri is about 63 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makuri is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mori is about 14 km away. Uttarkashi is about 63 km away. Mussoorie is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.