Makra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Makra is a village in Ghaghra mandal, Gumla district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 334 across 59 households, with a literacy rate of 52.7%. The village is located at coordinates 23.722°N, 87.540°E.
By population, Makra ranks #104 of 119 villages in Ghaghra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Makra is a village of 334 people in 59 households (Census 2011) in Ghaghra block, Gumla district, Jharkhand, the 104th-largest of 119 villages in Ghaghra block. Literacy is 53%, 8 points above the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,062 women per 1,000 men. It lies 171 km from the Gumla district centre, 28 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 15 km from Kachujor railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835207, served by Gumla Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 375591. The nearest hospital or health centre is Batikar Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is agni oraon, and the village votes in Mandu assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nirmal Mahto. The population is estimated at 1,881 in 2026, up 463% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chapka →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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