About Machali Village

Machali is a small village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 441, made up of 219 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machali village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bade Rajpur
Pincode	496001
Area (hectares)	325.23 hectares
Population	441
Male Population	219
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machali compares

By the 2011 count Machali is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 325.23 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Machali

Machali is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Machali as Available. 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 Machali from other places

Machali lies about 96 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 72 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 Machali
Tehsil headquarters	Bade Rajpur	11 km
Nearest town	Kānker	42 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	72 km
District headquarters	Bastar	96 km

Villages closest to Machali

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bade Rajpur 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 Machali

As per the Census of India 2011, Machali village had a population of 441. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Machali village has 219 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machali has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Machali is 496001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machali covers 325.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Machali falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Machali is Antagarh, about 72 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Machali.

Machali is about 96 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machali is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 11 km away. Kānker is about 42 km away. Antagarh is about 72 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.