About Machang Village

Machang is a small village in Mengio tehsil, in the district of Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 78, made up of 42 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males.

Machang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machang village
Description	Value
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Papum Pare
Tehsil	Mengio
Population	78
Male Population	42
Female Population	36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machang compares

By the 2011 count Machang is the 38th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 141 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1083.

Getting to Machang

Machang is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Machang as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Machang from other places

Machang lies about 56 km from Papum Pare, and the nearest railway station is Naharlagun, about 64 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Machang
Tehsil headquarters	Mengio	18 km
District headquarters	Papum Pare	56 km
Nearest railway station	Naharlagun	64 km
Nearest town	Itanagar	66 km

Villages closest to Machang

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mengio tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Machang

As per the Census of India 2011, Machang village had a population of 78. That makes it the 38th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 141 residents.

Machang village has 42 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machang has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1083.

Machang falls under Mengio tehsil of Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Machang is Naharlagun, about 64 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Machang.

Machang is about 56 km from Papum Pare in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machang is in Mengio tehsil of Papum Pare district. Mengio is about 18 km away. Papum Pare is about 56 km away. Naharlagun is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.