About Machanal Village

Machanal is a mid sized village in Basavakalyan tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 652, made up of 335 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 543.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585416, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machanal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machanal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Basavakalyan
Pincode	585416
Area (hectares)	543.25 hectares
Population	652
Male Population	335
Female Population	317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machanal compares

By the 2011 count Machanal is the 99th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents. Its 543.25 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Machanal

Machanal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Machanal as Available within village. 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 Machanal from other places

Machanal lies about 59 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Bhalki, about 28 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 Machanal
Tehsil headquarters	Basavakalyan	16 km
Nearest railway station	Bhalki	28 km
District headquarters	Bidar	59 km

Villages closest to Machanal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machanal village had a population of 652. That makes it the 99th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents.

Machanal village has 335 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machanal has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Machanal is 585416. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machanal covers 543.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Machanal falls under Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Machanal is Bhalki, about 28 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Machanal.

Machanal is about 59 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machanal is in Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district. Basavakalyan is about 16 km away. Bhalki is about 28 km away. Bidar is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.