About Machandur Village

Machandur is a mid sized village in Mohla tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 712, made up of 344 males and 368 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 392.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491666, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machandur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machandur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Mohla
Pincode	491666
Area (hectares)	392.19 hectares
Population	712
Male Population	344
Female Population	368
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,070
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machandur compares

By the 2011 count Machandur is the 28th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 392.19 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Machandur

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

Machandur lies about 34 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Risama, about 3.5 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 Machandur
Nearest railway station	Risama	3.5 km
Nearest town	Durg	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohla	34 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	34 km

Villages closest to Machandur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machandur village had a population of 712. That makes it the 28th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Machandur village has 344 males and 368 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machandur has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Machandur is 491666. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machandur covers 392.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Machandur falls under Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Machandur is Risama, about 3.5 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 Machandur.

Machandur is about 34 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machandur is in Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Risama is about 3.5 km away. Durg is about 18 km away. Mohla is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.