About Machhardiha Village

Machhardiha is a mid sized village in Noorsarai tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,906, made up of 1,035 males and 871 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231 hectares hectares.

Machhardiha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhardiha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Noorsarai
Area (hectares)	231 hectares
Population	1,906
Male Population	1,035
Female Population	871
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Machhardiha compares

By the 2011 count Machhardiha is the 30th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,873 residents. Its 231 hectares work out to about 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Machhardiha

Machhardiha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Machhardiha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Machhardiha from other places

Machhardiha lies about 7.3 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Deepnagar Halt, about 4.7 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 Machhardiha
Nearest railway station	Deepnagar Halt	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Noorsarai	7.3 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	7.3 km
Nearest town	Bihār Sharīf	8.4 km

Villages closest to Machhardiha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Noorsarai 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 Machhardiha

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhardiha village had a population of 1,906. That makes it the 30th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,873 residents.

Machhardiha village has 1,035 males and 871 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhardiha has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Machhardiha covers 231 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Machhardiha falls under Noorsarai tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Machhardiha is Deepnagar Halt, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Machhardiha.

Machhardiha is about 7.3 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machhardiha is in Noorsarai tehsil of Nalanda district. Deepnagar Halt is about 4.7 km away. Noorsarai is about 7.3 km away. Nalanda is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.