About Machail Village

Machail is a small village in Atholi tehsil, in the district of Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 312, made up of 165 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machail village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kishtwar
Tehsil	Atholi
Pincode	182204
Area (hectares)	113.3 hectares
Population	312
Male Population	165
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machail compares

By the 2011 count Machail is the 25th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 673 residents. Its 113.3 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Machail

Machail is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Machail as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Machail from other places

Machail lies about 55 km from Kishtwar, and the nearest railway station is Banihal, about 107 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 Machail
Tehsil headquarters	Atholi	24 km
Nearest town	Padam	50 km
District headquarters	Kishtwar	55 km
Nearest railway station	Banihal	107 km

Villages closest to Machail

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machail village had a population of 312. That makes it the 25th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 673 residents.

Machail village has 165 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machail has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Machail is 182204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machail covers 113.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machail falls under Atholi tehsil of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Machail is Banihal, about 107 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Machail.

Machail is about 55 km from Kishtwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machail is in Atholi tehsil of Kishtwar district. Atholi is about 24 km away. Padam is about 50 km away. Kishtwar is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.