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About Makrampur Village

Makrampur is a small village in Bansihari tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 174, made up of 94 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Makrampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makrampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Bansihari
Pincode 733121
Area (hectares) 62.73 hectares
Population 174
Male Population 94
Female Population 80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
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 Makrampur compares

By the 2011 count Makrampur is the 145th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 883 residents. Its 62.73 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 954.

Getting to Makrampur

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

Makrampur lies about 2.4 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Rampur Bazar, about under 2 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 Makrampur
Nearest railway station Rampur Bazar under 2 km
District headquarters Dakshin Dinajpur 2.4 km
Nearest town Gangārāmpur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Bansihari 22 km

Villages closest to Makrampur

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

Common questions about Makrampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Makrampur village had a population of 174. That makes it the 145th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 883 residents.

Makrampur village has 94 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makrampur has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Makrampur is 733121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Makrampur covers 62.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Makrampur falls under Bansihari tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Makrampur is Rampur Bazar, about under 2 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 Makrampur.

Makrampur is about 2.4 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makrampur is in Bansihari tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Rampur Bazar is about under 2 km away. Dakshin Dinajpur is about 2.4 km away. Gangārāmpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rahimpur (under 2 km), Srirampur (under 2 km) and Uttar Srirampur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Makrampur today is likely to be higher.

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