About Machiadih Village

Machiadih is a mid sized village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,404, made up of 688 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machiadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machiadih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	323 hectares
Population	1,404
Male Population	688
Female Population	716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
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 Machiadih compares

By the 2011 count Machiadih is the 23rd largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 323 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Machiadih

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

Machiadih lies about 20 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about under 2 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 Machiadih
Nearest railway station	Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	9.5 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	15 km
District headquarters	Giridih	20 km

Villages closest to Machiadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machiadih village had a population of 1,404. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Machiadih village has 688 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machiadih has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Machiadih is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machiadih covers 323 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machiadih falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Machiadih is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about under 2 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 Machiadih.

Machiadih is about 20 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machiadih is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about under 2 km away. Gande is about 9.5 km away. Madhupur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.