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About Machhlena Village

Machhlena is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 324, made up of 162 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176085, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machhlena Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhlena village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176085
Area (hectares) 79.54 hectares
Population 324
Male Population 162
Female Population 162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Machhlena compares

By the 2011 count Machhlena is the 199th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 79.54 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Machhlena

The census records public bus service for Machhlena as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Machhlena from other places

Machhlena lies about 19 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Paror, about under 2 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 Machhlena
Nearest railway station Paror under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Palampur 10 km
District headquarters Kangra 19 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 21 km

Villages closest to Machhlena

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

Common questions about Machhlena

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhlena village had a population of 324. That makes it the 199th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

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

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhlena has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Machhlena is 176085. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machhlena covers 79.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machhlena falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Machhlena is Paror, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Machhlena.

Machhlena is about 19 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machhlena is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Paror is about under 2 km away. Palampur is about 10 km away. Kangra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paror Khas (under 2 km), Kathiara (under 2 km) and Ghartholi (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Machhlena today is likely to be higher.

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