About Machanpar Village

Machanpar is a mid sized village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,549, made up of 755 males and 794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 545.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machanpar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machanpar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargaon
Pincode	494230
Area (hectares)	545.47 hectares
Population	1,549
Male Population	755
Female Population	794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machanpar compares

By the 2011 count Machanpar is the 20th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 545.47 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Machanpar

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

Machanpar lies about 14 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 7.4 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 Machanpar
Nearest railway station	Bakal	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargaon	12 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	14 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	14 km

Villages closest to Machanpar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machanpar village had a population of 1,549. That makes it the 20th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Machanpar village has 755 males and 794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machanpar has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Machanpar is 494230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machanpar covers 545.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machanpar falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Machanpar is Bakal, about 7.4 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 Machanpar.

Machanpar is about 14 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machanpar is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bakal is about 7.4 km away. Dongargaon is about 12 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.