About Machhlai Village

Machhlai is a small village in Gandhwani tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 371, made up of 188 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.64 hectares hectares.

Machhlai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhlai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Gandhwani
Area (hectares)	132.64 hectares
Population	371
Male Population	188
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
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 Machhlai compares

By the 2011 count Machhlai is the 120th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 132.64 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Machhlai

Machhlai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Machhlai 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. The nearest villages by name are Kundiya, Kuradada, Lalgard and Ledgya. 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 Machhlai

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhlai village had a population of 371. That makes it the 120th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Machhlai village has 188 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhlai has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Machhlai covers 132.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machhlai falls under Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

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

Machhlai is in Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar 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.