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About Machhandari Village

Machhandari is a mid sized village in Buxwaha tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 908, made up of 499 males and 409 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 820 females per 1000 males. The village covers 294.88 hectares hectares.

Machhandari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhandari village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Buxwaha
Area (hectares) 294.88 hectares
Population 908
Male Population 499
Female Population 409
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 820
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Machhandari compares

By the 2011 count Machhandari is the 29th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 713 residents. Its 294.88 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 847.

Getting to Machhandari

Machhandari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Machhandari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Machhandari from other places

Machhandari lies about 76 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Patharia, about 44 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 Machhandari
Tehsil headquarters Buxwaha 5.5 km
Nearest town Hatta 31 km
Nearest railway station Patharia 44 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 76 km

Villages closest to Machhandari

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

Common questions about Machhandari

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhandari village had a population of 908. That makes it the 29th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 713 residents.

Machhandari village has 499 males and 409 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhandari has about 820 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 847.

Machhandari covers 294.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machhandari falls under Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Machhandari is Patharia, about 44 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Machhandari.

Machhandari is about 76 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machhandari is in Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Buxwaha is about 5.5 km away. Hatta is about 31 km away. Patharia is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhujpura (under 2 km), Kusmad (2.4 km) and Tilai (2.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Machhandari today is likely to be higher.

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