About Machul Village

Machul is a small village in Biswanathpur tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 23, made up of 13 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 769 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766020, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machul village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Biswanathpur
Pincode	766020
Area (hectares)	61 hectares
Population	23
Male Population	13
Female Population	10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	769
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 Machul compares

By the 2011 count Machul is the 93rd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 191 residents. Its 61 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1081.

Getting to Machul

Machul is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Machul 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. The nearest villages by name are Ladang, Lakhaguda, Leramba and Lokanathapur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Machul

As per the Census of India 2011, Machul village had a population of 23. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 191 residents.

Machul village has 13 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machul has about 769 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1081.

The pincode recorded for Machul is 766020. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machul covers 61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Machul falls under Biswanathpur tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The census record for Machul notes the nearest railway station 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 Machul.

Machul is in Biswanathpur tehsil of Kalahandi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.