About Machal Village

Machal is a large village in Depalpur tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,790, made up of 1,935 males and 1,855 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 683.8 hectares hectares.

Machal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machal village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Indore
Tehsil	Depalpur
Area (hectares)	683.8 hectares
Population	3,790
Male Population	1,935
Female Population	1,855
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machal compares

By the 2011 count Machal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,233 residents. Its 683.8 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Machal

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

Machal lies about 16 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Tihi, about 7.8 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 Machal
Nearest railway station	Tihi	7.8 km
Nearest town	Pithampur	8.0 km
District headquarters	Indore	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Depalpur	25 km

Villages closest to Machal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machal village had a population of 3,790. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,233 residents.

Machal village has 1,935 males and 1,855 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machal has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 967.

Machal covers 683.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machal falls under Depalpur tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Machal is Tihi, about 7.8 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 10+ km distance for Machal.

Machal is about 16 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machal is in Depalpur tehsil of Indore district. Tihi is about 7.8 km away. Pithampur is about 8.0 km away. Indore is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.