About Machkot Village

Machkot is a small village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 250, made up of 125 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machkot village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Jagdalpur
Pincode	494001
Area (hectares)	172 hectares
Population	250
Male Population	125
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machkot compares

By the 2011 count Machkot is the 92nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 172 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Machkot

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

Machkot lies about 36 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Ambagaon, about 5.7 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 Machkot
Nearest railway station	Ambagaon	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagdalpur	21 km
District headquarters	Bastar	36 km

Villages closest to Machkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machkot village had a population of 250. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Machkot village has 125 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machkot has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Machkot is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machkot covers 172 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Machkot falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Machkot is Ambagaon, about 5.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Machkot.

Machkot is about 36 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machkot is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Ambagaon is about 5.7 km away. Jagdalpur is about 21 km away. Bastar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.