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About New Machigur Village

New Machigur is a small village in Saipung tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 92, made up of 53 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 736 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793200, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

New Machigur Overview

Census 2011 figures for New Machigur village
Description Value
State Meghalaya
District Jaintia Hills
Tehsil Saipung
Pincode 793200
Population 92
Male Population 53
Female Population 39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 736
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How New Machigur compares

By the 2011 count New Machigur is the 64th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 425 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to New Machigur

New Machigur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for New Machigur 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is New Machigur from other places

New Machigur lies about 50 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Ditokcherra, about 4.7 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 New Machigur
Nearest railway station Ditokcherra 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Saipung 28 km
Nearest town Hāflong 28 km
District headquarters Jaintia Hills 50 km

Villages closest to New Machigur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Saipung 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 New Machigur

As per the Census of India 2011, New Machigur village had a population of 92. That makes it the 64th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 425 residents.

New Machigur village has 53 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, New Machigur has about 736 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for New Machigur is 793200. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

New Machigur falls under Saipung tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to New Machigur is Ditokcherra, about 4.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for New Machigur.

New Machigur is about 50 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

New Machigur is in Saipung tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Ditokcherra is about 4.7 km away. Saipung is about 28 km away. Hāflong is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Moolasngi New (under 2 km), P Zoar (1.6 km) and Thuruk (27 km).

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

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