About Machgodha Village

Machgodha is a small village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 489, made up of 233 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machgodha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machgodha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Sarangarh
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	136.48 hectares
Population	489
Male Population	233
Female Population	256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,099
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machgodha compares

By the 2011 count Machgodha is the 156th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 136.48 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Machgodha

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

Machgodha lies about 42 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kharsia, about 35 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 Machgodha
Tehsil headquarters	Sarangarh	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kharsia	35 km
Nearest town	Saktī	40 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	42 km

Villages closest to Machgodha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machgodha village had a population of 489. That makes it the 156th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Machgodha village has 233 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machgodha has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Machgodha is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machgodha covers 136.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machgodha falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Machgodha is Kharsia, about 35 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 Machgodha.

Machgodha is about 42 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machgodha is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 10 km away. Kharsia is about 35 km away. Saktī is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.