About Machhar Ganw Village

Machhar Ganw is one of the larger villages in Jogapatti tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,640, made up of 3,481 males and 3,159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845452, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machhar Ganw Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhar Ganw village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Jogapatti
Pincode	845452
Area (hectares)	208.1 hectares
Population	6,640
Male Population	3,481
Female Population	3,159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machhar Ganw compares

By the 2011 count Machhar Ganw is the 6th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents. Its 208.1 hectares work out to about 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Machhar Ganw

Machhar Ganw is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Machhar Ganw as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Machhar Ganw from other places

Machhar Ganw lies about 12 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Kumarbagh, about 13 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 Machhar Ganw
Tehsil headquarters	Jogapatti	4.1 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kumarbagh	13 km
Nearest town	Chanpatia	16 km

Villages closest to Machhar Ganw

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jogapatti 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 Machhar Ganw

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhar Ganw village had a population of 6,640. That makes it the 6th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents.

Machhar Ganw village has 3,481 males and 3,159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhar Ganw has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Machhar Ganw is 845452. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machhar Ganw covers 208.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Machhar Ganw falls under Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Machhar Ganw is Kumarbagh, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Machhar Ganw.

Machhar Ganw is about 12 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machhar Ganw is in Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Jogapatti is about 4.1 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 12 km away. Kumarbagh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.