About Machheora Village

Machheora is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 72, made up of 31 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,323 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machheora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machheora village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171212
Area (hectares)	68 hectares
Population	72
Male Population	31
Female Population	41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,323
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machheora compares

By the 2011 count Machheora is the 314th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 68 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Machheora

Machheora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Machheora as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Machheora from other places

Machheora lies about 28 km from Shimla. 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 Machheora
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	11 km
District headquarters	Shimla	28 km

Villages closest to Machheora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machheora village had a population of 72. That makes it the 314th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Machheora village has 31 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machheora has about 1323 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Machheora is 171212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machheora covers 68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Machheora falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Machheora notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Machheora.

Machheora is about 28 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machheora is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 11 km away. Shimla is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.