About Macharyana Village

Macharyana is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 159, made up of 79 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Macharyana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Macharyana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Seoni
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	78.56 hectares
Population	159
Male Population	79
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Macharyana compares

By the 2011 count Macharyana is the 87th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 78.56 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Macharyana

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

Macharyana lies about 20 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 18 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 Macharyana
Tehsil headquarters	Seoni	7.6 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	18 km
District headquarters	Shimla	20 km

Villages closest to Macharyana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Macharyana village had a population of 159. That makes it the 87th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Macharyana village has 79 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Macharyana has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Macharyana is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Macharyana covers 78.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Macharyana falls under Seoni tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Macharyana is Jutogh, about 18 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 Macharyana.

Macharyana is about 20 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Macharyana is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 7.6 km away. Jutogh is about 18 km away. Shimla is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.