About Macharana Village

Macharana is a mid sized village in Lakhani tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,277, made up of 640 males and 637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 835.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441809, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Macharana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Macharana village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bhandara
Tehsil	Lakhani
Pincode	441809
Area (hectares)	835.17 hectares
Population	1,277
Male Population	640
Female Population	637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Macharana compares

By the 2011 count Macharana is the 27th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents. Its 835.17 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Macharana

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

Macharana lies about 31 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Arjuni, about 24 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 Macharana
Nearest railway station	Arjuni	24 km
Nearest town	Pawni	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhani	31 km
District headquarters	Bhandara	31 km

Villages closest to Macharana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Macharana village had a population of 1,277. That makes it the 27th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents.

Macharana village has 640 males and 637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Macharana has about 995 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 994.

The pincode recorded for Macharana is 441809. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Macharana covers 835.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Macharana falls under Lakhani tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Macharana is Arjuni, about 24 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 Macharana.

Macharana is about 31 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Macharana is in Lakhani tehsil of Bhandara district. Arjuni is about 24 km away. Pawni is about 28 km away. Lakhani is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.