About Machna Village

Machna is a small village in Mohanpur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 112, made up of 63 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machna village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Mohanpur
Pincode	814113
Area (hectares)	56.19 hectares
Population	112
Male Population	63
Female Population	49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	778
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 Machna compares

By the 2011 count Machna is the 279th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 461 residents. Its 56.19 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 935.

Getting to Machna

Machna is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Machna 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 Machna from other places

Machna lies about 55 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Mandar Hill, about 8.5 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 Machna
Nearest railway station	Mandar Hill	8.5 km
Nearest town	Godda	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohanpur	31 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	55 km

Villages closest to Machna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machna village had a population of 112. That makes it the 279th largest of the 350 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 461 residents.

Machna village has 63 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machna has about 778 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Machna is 814113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machna covers 56.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Machna falls under Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Machna is Mandar Hill, about 8.5 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 Machna.

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

Machna is in Mohanpur tehsil of Deoghar district. Mandar Hill is about 8.5 km away. Godda is about 10 km away. Mohanpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.