About Machlehar Village

Machlehar is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 101, made up of 53 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machlehar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machlehar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176107
Area (hectares)	34.1 hectares
Population	101
Male Population	53
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machlehar compares

By the 2011 count Machlehar is the 64th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 34.1 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Machlehar

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

Machlehar lies about 27 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 Machlehar
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	1.8 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	27 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	35 km

Villages closest to Machlehar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machlehar village had a population of 101. That makes it the 64th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Machlehar village has 53 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machlehar has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Machlehar is 176107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machlehar covers 34.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machlehar falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Machlehar is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 Machlehar.

Machlehar is about 27 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machlehar is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 1.8 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.