About Machhot Village

Machhot is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 321, made up of 162 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machhot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Fatehpur
Pincode	176025
Area (hectares)	57 hectares
Population	321
Male Population	162
Female Population	159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machhot compares

By the 2011 count Machhot is the 58th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 57 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Machhot

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

Machhot lies about 36 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 15 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 Machhot
Nearest town	Talwāra	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehpur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kartoli Punjab	15 km
District headquarters	Kangra	36 km

Villages closest to Machhot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhot village had a population of 321. That makes it the 58th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Machhot village has 162 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhot has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Machhot is 176025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machhot covers 57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machhot falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Machhot is Kartoli Punjab, about 15 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Machhot.

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

Machhot is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Talwāra is about 5.1 km away. Fatehpur is about 14 km away. Kartoli Punjab is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.