About Machhoi Village

Machhoi is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 293, made up of 141 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176076, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machhoi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhoi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176076
Area (hectares)	96.93 hectares
Population	293
Male Population	141
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Machhoi compares

By the 2011 count Machhoi is the 214th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 96.93 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Machhoi

Machhoi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Machhoi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Machhoi from other places

Machhoi lies about 33 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Majheran Himachal, about 3.6 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 Machhoi
Nearest railway station	Majheran Himachal	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	12 km
District headquarters	Kangra	33 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	35 km

Villages closest to Machhoi

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.

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Common questions about Machhoi

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhoi village had a population of 293. That makes it the 214th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Machhoi village has 141 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhoi has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Machhoi is 176076. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machhoi covers 96.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Machhoi is Majheran Himachal, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Machhoi.

Machhoi is about 33 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machhoi is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Majheran Himachal is about 3.6 km away. Palampur is about 12 km away. Kangra is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.