About Machhiwala Village

Machhiwala is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,186, made up of 627 males and 559 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 269 hectares hectares.

Machhiwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhiwala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Area (hectares)	269 hectares
Population	1,186
Male Population	627
Female Population	559
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Machhiwala compares

By the 2011 count Machhiwala is the 129th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 269 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Machhiwala

Machhiwala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Machhiwala as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Lelian, Lodhi Gujjar, Loharka and Lopoke. 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 Machhiwala

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhiwala village had a population of 1,186. That makes it the 129th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Machhiwala village has 627 males and 559 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhiwala has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Machhiwala covers 269 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machhiwala falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The census record for Machhiwala notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Machhiwala.

Machhiwala is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar 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.