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Bihar plans nine jaggery units in Muzaffarpur to support sugarcane farmers
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONI KUMARI
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- LGD code
- 229522
- Pincode
- 844127
- Post office
- Turki
- Population
- 471
- Households
- 87
- Literacy rate
- 60.7%
- Sex ratio
- 812 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 106
Census 2011 · in context
How Chak Makhan compares
By population, Chak Makhan ranks #146 of 166 villages in Kurhani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.7%
+6.8% vs mandal average
- Chak Makhan
- 60.7%
- Kurhani mandal
- 53.9%
- Muzaffarpur district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
812
−79 vs mandal average
- Chak Makhan
- 812
- Kurhani mandal
- 891
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Chak Makhan
- 5.4
- Kurhani mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chak Makhan at a glance
Chak Makhan is a village of 471 people in 87 households (Census 2011) in Kurhani block, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, the 146th-largest of 166 villages in Kurhani block. Literacy is 61%, 7 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 812 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 844127, served by Turki post office; the LGD village code is 229522. The sarpanch is SONI KUMARI, and the village votes in Alamnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Narayan Yadav. The population is estimated at 555 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Harpur Balra →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chak Makhan · this village | 471 | 61% | — |
| Harpur Balra · Kurhani | 2,639 | 53% | — |
| Raghunathpur Basant · Kurhani | 2,229 | 55% | — |
| Madhopur Chikni · Kurhani | 2,182 | 54% | — |
| Mathurapur · Kurhani | 599 | 37% | — |
| Sherpurchak Makhan · Kurhani | 542 | 67% | — |
| Fatehpur Bhagwan · Kurhani | 222 | 56% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chak Makhan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- MUZAFFARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 31
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 31
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Harpur balra
- Total area (ha)
- 42
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 17.89
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chak Makhan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chak Makhan
- LGD code
- 229522
- Pincode
- 844127
- Post office
- Turki
- Population (Census 2011)
- 471
- Population (projected 2026)
- 555
- Households
- 87
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 812
- Literacy rate
- 60.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alamnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narendra Narayan Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONI KUMARI
- Block / Mandal
- Kurhani
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 844127
- Chhajan HarshankarKurhani mandal16,467 pop
- TurkiKurhani mandal11,792 pop
- ShakrisaraiyaKurhani mandal9,600 pop
- Kerwan DihKurhani mandal8,522 pop
- LadauarKurhani mandal8,380 pop
- BasauliKurhani mandal6,521 pop
- Kishunpur MadhubanKurhani mandal6,221 pop
- ChandrahatiKurhani mandal5,944 pop
- Kafain Daria ChhapraKurhani mandal5,033 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Chak Makhan
Other villages in Kurhani mandal
View all 60+ →- Chhajan Harshankar
- Mahanth Maniari
- Turki
- Kurhani
- Shakrisaraiya
- Kharauna Dih
- Kerwan Dih
- Ladauar
- Jarhua
- Sumera Urf Afzalpur Madho
- Raghunathpur Madhuban Urf Kaman Chhapra
- Basauli
- Amrakh
- Chhitrauli
- Kishunpur Madhuban
- Chandrahati
- Gauraia
- Sonbarsa Shah
- Tarsan Kishuni
- Kafain Daria Chhapra
- Shahpur Mircha
- Padmaul
- Madhopur Susta
- Bangra Bansidhar
- Kishunpur Mohan
- Chapki
- Balra Kishun
- Chainpur
- Dubahi
- Parkhotimpur
- Moraul Urf Mor Nisf
- Pakauli
- Harshankarpur Maniari
- Thatia Garh Goriari
- Ratnauli
- Sumera
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)