About Machal Village

Machal is a small village in Lanja tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 427, made up of 214 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 716.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Lanja
Pincode	416701
Area (hectares)	716.33 hectares
Population	427
Male Population	214
Female Population	213
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 Machal compares

By the 2011 count Machal is the 91st largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 766 residents. Its 716.33 hectares work out to about 0.6 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1174.

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 55 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Saundal, about 12 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	Saundal	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lanja	26 km
Nearest town	Shahuwadi	32 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	55 km

Villages closest to Machal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lanja 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 427. That makes it the 91st largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 766 residents.

Machal village has 214 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machal has about 995 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 1174.

The pincode recorded for Machal is 416701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machal covers 716.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Machal falls under Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Machal is Saundal, about 12 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 55 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machal is in Lanja tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Saundal is about 12 km away. Lanja is about 26 km away. Shahuwadi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.