About Lana Machher Village

Lana Machher is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 159 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 786 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lana Machher Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lana Machher village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Pachhad
Pincode	173101
Area (hectares)	223 hectares
Population	284
Male Population	159
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	786
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lana Machher compares

By the 2011 count Lana Machher is the 50th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 223 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Lana Machher

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

Lana Machher lies about 13 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 26 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 Lana Machher
Tehsil headquarters	Pachhad	13 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	13 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	22 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	26 km

Villages closest to Lana Machher

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pachhad 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 Lana Machher

As per the Census of India 2011, Lana Machher village had a population of 284. That makes it the 50th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Lana Machher village has 159 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lana Machher has about 786 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Lana Machher is 173101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lana Machher covers 223 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lana Machher falls under Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lana Machher is Salogra, about 26 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 Lana Machher.

Lana Machher is about 13 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lana Machher is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Pachhad is about 13 km away. Sirmaur is about 13 km away. Nāhan is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.