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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Makatpur is a village in Jainagar mandal, Koderma district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,659 in 234 households and a literacy rate of 60.6%. The village has three hospitals, two primary health centres, a railway station, and a temple.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Vinod Das
Contact: 62****2448
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- LGD code
- 349996
- Pincode
- 825109
- Post office
- Jainagar (Koderma)
- Population
- 1,659
- Households
- 234
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Sex ratio
- 909 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 324
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 26 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 138 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 277 km
- Nearest railway station
- Giridih · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shivam Clinic · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Makatpur compares
By population, Makatpur ranks #21 of 135 villages in Jainagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.6%
+5.8% vs mandal average
- Makatpur
- 60.6%
- Jainagar mandal
- 54.8%
- Koderma district
- 54.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
909
−30 vs mandal average
- Makatpur
- 909
- Jainagar mandal
- 939
Household size
people per home
7.1
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Makatpur
- 7.1
- Jainagar mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Makatpur at a glance
Makatpur is a village of 1,659 people in 234 households (Census 2011) in Jainagar block, Koderma district, Jharkhand, the 21st-largest of 135 villages in Jainagar block. Literacy is 61%, 6 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Koderma district centre, 27 km from Kharki, the nearest town, 2 km from Giridih railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825109, served by Jainagar (Koderma) post office; the LGD village code is 349996. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The sarpanch is Vinod Das, and the village votes in Bagodar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nagendra Mahto. The population is estimated at 1,956 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Makatpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- JHUMARI TILAIYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GOHAL
- Total area (ha)
- 145
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Makatpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Makatpur
- LGD code
- 349996
- Pincode
- 825109
- Post office
- Jainagar (Koderma)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,659
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,956
- Households
- 234
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 909
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Coordinates
- 24.19286°N, 86.30456°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bagodar
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nagendra Mahto
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Vinod Das
- Block / Mandal
- Jainagar
- Nearest PHC
- Shivam Clinic (0.5 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Giridih (1.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Makatpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi138 kmcapital
- Kolkata277 km
- Delhi1030 km
- Hyderabad1110 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGiridih2 km
- Hospital / PHCShivam Clinic<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil34 km
- CollegeSSLNT College45 km
- Police stationBarora Police Station43 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Giridih1.6 km
- Health centre
- Gobardhan Lal Nursing Homeunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Makatpur
1 Temple, 1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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