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About Machhu Khedi Village

Machhu Khedi is a mid sized village in Sawer tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,378, made up of 680 males and 698 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.67 hectares hectares.

Machhu Khedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhu Khedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Indore
Tehsil Sawer
Area (hectares) 356.67 hectares
Population 1,378
Male Population 680
Female Population 698
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Machhu Khedi compares

By the 2011 count Machhu Khedi is the 45th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,378 residents. Its 356.67 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Machhu Khedi

Machhu Khedi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Machhu Khedi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Machhu Khedi from other places

Machhu Khedi lies about 28 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Binjana, about 5.0 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 Machhu Khedi
Nearest railway station Binjana 5.0 km
Nearest town Dewas 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Sawer 13 km
District headquarters Indore 28 km

Villages closest to Machhu Khedi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sawer 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 Machhu Khedi

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhu Khedi village had a population of 1,378. That makes it the 45th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,378 residents.

Machhu Khedi village has 680 males and 698 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhu Khedi has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Machhu Khedi covers 356.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machhu Khedi falls under Sawer tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Machhu Khedi is Binjana, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Machhu Khedi.

Machhu Khedi is about 28 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machhu Khedi is in Sawer tehsil of Indore district. Binjana is about 5.0 km away. Dewas is about 11 km away. Sawer is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Puwarda Happa (under 2 km), Makodiya (1.8 km) and Puwardadai (3.2 km).

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

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