About Machlehar Village

Machlehar is a small village in Amb tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 117, made up of 66 males and 51 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 773 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177210, 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	Una
Tehsil	Amb
Pincode	177210
Area (hectares)	32.58 hectares
Population	117
Male Population	66
Female Population	51
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	773
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 Machlehar compares

By the 2011 count Machlehar is the 197th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 32.58 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Machlehar

Machlehar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Machlehar 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 Machlehar from other places

Machlehar lies about 42 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 19 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	Amb	19 km
Nearest railway station	Tripal	19 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	32 km
District headquarters	Una	42 km

Villages closest to Machlehar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amb 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 117. That makes it the 197th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Machlehar village has 66 males and 51 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machlehar has about 773 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Machlehar is 177210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machlehar covers 32.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machlehar falls under Amb tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Machlehar is Tripal, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Machlehar.

Machlehar is about 42 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machlehar is in Amb tehsil of Una district. Amb is about 19 km away. Tripal is about 19 km away. Talwāra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.