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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ganesh Kumar
Contact: 62****8562
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- LGD code
- 27793
- Pincode
- 143531
- Post office
- Dinanagar
- Population
- 1,082
- Households
- 185
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 351
Census 2011 · in context
How Makaura (5) compares
By population, Makaura (5) ranks #51 of 238 villages in Dinanagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.2%
−4.5% vs mandal average
- Makaura (5)
- 66.2%
- Dinanagar mandal
- 70.7%
- Gurdaspur district
- 71.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
+15 vs mandal average
- Makaura (5)
- 953
- Dinanagar mandal
- 938
Household size
people per home
5.8
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Makaura (5)
- 5.8
- Dinanagar mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Makaura (5) at a glance
Makaura (5) is a village of 1,082 people in 185 households (Census 2011) in Dinanagar tehsil, Gurdaspur district, Punjab, the 51st-largest of 238 villages in Dinanagar tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 71% and the sex ratio is 953 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 143531, served by Dinanagar post office; the LGD village code is 27793. The sarpanch is Ganesh Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,276 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Makaura →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makaura (5) · this village | 1,082 | 66% | — |
| Chak Ram Sahai (7) · Dinanagar | 40 | 25% | — |
| Maheshpur (6) · Dinanagar | 0 | — | — |
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Key facts — Makaura (5)
- LGD code
- 27793
- Pincode
- 143531
- Post office
- Dinanagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,082
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,276
- Households
- 185
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ganesh Kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Dinanagar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 143531
- Awankha (286)Dinanagar mandal9,722 pop
- Jhabkra (4)Dinanagar mandal5,171 pop
- Talabpur (652)Dinanagar mandal4,659 pop
- Paniar (313)Dinanagar mandal4,537 pop
- Kalijpur (671)Dinanagar mandal3,596 pop
- Gandhian (318)Dinanagar mandal2,696 pop
- Mugrala (292)Dinanagar mandal2,442 pop
- Bhatoya (673)Dinanagar mandal2,323 pop
- Bianpur (683)Dinanagar mandal2,182 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Makaura (5)
Other villages in Dinanagar mandal
View all 60+ →- Awankha (286)
- Jhabkra (4)
- Talabpur (652)
- Paniar (313)
- Marara (2)
- Kalijpur (671)
- Dorangla (175)
- Naushehra (641)
- Gandhian (318)
- Chunta (605)
- Jharoli (694)
- Mugrala (292)
- Bharath Qazi Chak (281)
- Bahadur (642)
- Bhatoya (673)
- Chawa (617)
- Abul Khair (329)
- Dodwan (279)
- Bianpur (683)
- Sahowal (663)
- Sultani (266)
- Jandi (690)
- Gazikot (644)
- Pandori Bainsan (649)
- Bahmani (269)
- Gahlari (42)
- Ram Nagar (327)
- Raipur (273)
- Deeda (289)
- Samu Chak (296)
- Pindi Rangra (270)
- Khojepur (322)
- Sadana (675)
- Sheikha (192)
- Doburji (300)
- Dugri (170)
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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)