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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Makara is a village in Dudhi mandal, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, located at 24.209°N, 82.960°E with PIN 231222. It has a population of 1,788 across 328 households and a literacy rate of 48.2%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAM SAJIVAN
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- LGD code
- 214117
- Pincode
- 231222
- Post office
- Shaktinagar (Sonbhadra)
- Population
- 1,788
- Households
- 328
- Literacy rate
- 48.2%
- Sex ratio
- 941 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 692
- Distance to district centre
- 242 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 178 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 356 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 581 km
- Nearest railway station
- Renukoot · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hospital Front Gate · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Makara compares
By population, Makara ranks #95 of 291 villages in Dudhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.2%
+1.9% vs mandal average
- Makara
- 48.2%
- Dudhi mandal
- 46.3%
- Sonbhadra district
- 52.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
941
+12 vs mandal average
- Makara
- 941
- Dudhi mandal
- 929
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Makara
- 5.5
- Dudhi mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Makara at a glance
Makara is a village of 1,788 people in 328 households (Census 2011) in Dudhi tehsil, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, the 95th-largest of 291 villages in Dudhi tehsil. Literacy is 48%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 941 women per 1,000 men. It lies 242 km from the Sonbhadra district centre, 39 km from Salkhan, the nearest town, 8 km from Renukoot railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 231222, served by Shaktinagar (Sonbhadra) post office; the LGD village code is 214117. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hospital Front Gate, 8 km away. The sarpanch is RAM SAJIVAN, and the village votes in Mungra Badshahpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pankaj. The population is estimated at 2,108 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Makara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SONBHADRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 100
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 100
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 50
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SENDUR
- Total area (ha)
- 1,499.95
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 1,095.36
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Makara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Makara
- LGD code
- 214117
- Pincode
- 231222
- Post office
- Shaktinagar (Sonbhadra)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,788
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,108
- Households
- 328
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 941
- Literacy rate
- 48.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.20881°N, 82.96027°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jaunpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mungra Badshahpur
- Member of Parliament
- Babu Singh Kushwaha
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pankaj
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAM SAJIVAN
- Block / Mandal
- Dudhi
- Nearest bank
- Union Bank of India (180.1 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Sarai Kansrai (157.5 km)
Getting there
How to reach Makara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow356 kmcapital
- Kolkata581 km
- Delhi753 km
- Hyderabad890 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRenukoot8 km
- Bus stopBus Stop No. 17 km
- Hospital / PHCHospital Front Gate8 km
- ATM / bankS.B.I.8 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump7 km
- CollegeHINDALCO Primary School 1st8 km
- Police stationRenukoot Police Station8 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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