About Macheri Village

Macheri is a mid sized village in Kadur tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,940, made up of 1,002 males and 938 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 567.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577548, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Macheri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Macheri village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Kadur
Pincode	577548
Area (hectares)	567.35 hectares
Population	1,940
Male Population	1,002
Female Population	938
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Macheri compares

By the 2011 count Macheri is the 24th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 567.35 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Macheri

Macheri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Macheri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Macheri from other places

Macheri lies about 39 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Kadur Junction, about 4.8 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 Macheri
Tehsil headquarters	Kadur	4.5 km
Nearest town	Kadūr	4.5 km
Nearest railway station	Kadur Junction	4.8 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	39 km

Villages closest to Macheri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Macheri village had a population of 1,940. That makes it the 24th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Macheri village has 1,002 males and 938 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Macheri has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Macheri is 577548. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Macheri covers 567.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Macheri falls under Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Macheri is Kadur Junction, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Macheri.

Macheri is about 39 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Macheri is in Kadur tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Kadur is about 4.5 km away. Kadūr is about 4.5 km away. Kadur Junction is about 4.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.