About Machpalli Village

Machpalli is a mid sized village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 799, made up of 387 males and 412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 961.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495660, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machpalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machpalli village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	495660
Area (hectares)	961.42 hectares
Population	799
Male Population	387
Female Population	412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machpalli compares

By the 2011 count Machpalli is the 58th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 961.42 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 973.

Getting to Machpalli

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

Machpalli lies about 69 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 51 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 Machpalli
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	51 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	63 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	69 km

Villages closest to Machpalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machpalli village had a population of 799. That makes it the 58th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Machpalli village has 387 males and 412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machpalli has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Machpalli is 495660. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machpalli covers 961.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Machpalli falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Machpalli is Antagarh, about 51 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 Machpalli.

Machpalli is about 69 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machpalli is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 14 km away. Antagarh is about 51 km away. Nārāinpur is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.