About Machhiyara Village

Machhiyara is a mid sized village in Tundi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,157, made up of 599 males and 558 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machhiyara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhiyara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Tundi
Pincode	828109
Area (hectares)	347 hectares
Population	1,157
Male Population	599
Female Population	558
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
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 Machhiyara compares

By the 2011 count Machhiyara is the 20th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 347 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Machhiyara

Machhiyara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Machhiyara 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. The nearest villages by name are Landhadi, Lapsia, Lochhnaser and Ludhuria. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Machhiyara

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhiyara village had a population of 1,157. That makes it the 20th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Machhiyara village has 599 males and 558 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhiyara has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Machhiyara is 828109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machhiyara covers 347 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machhiyara falls under Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Machhiyara notes the nearest railway station 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 Machhiyara.

Machhiyara is in Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.