About Machhiwara Village

Machhiwara is a mid sized village in Zira tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 585, made up of 313 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142047, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machhiwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhiwara village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Firozpur
Tehsil	Zira
Pincode	142047
Area (hectares)	286 hectares
Population	585
Male Population	313
Female Population	272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machhiwara compares

By the 2011 count Machhiwara is the 126th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 929 residents. Its 286 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Machhiwara

Machhiwara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Machhiwara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Machhiwara from other places

Machhiwara lies about 41 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Jogiwala, about 8.9 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 Machhiwara
Tehsil headquarters	Zira	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jogiwala	8.9 km
District headquarters	Firozpur	41 km

Villages closest to Machhiwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhiwara village had a population of 585. That makes it the 126th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 929 residents.

Machhiwara village has 313 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhiwara has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Machhiwara is 142047. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machhiwara covers 286 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machhiwara falls under Zira tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Machhiwara is Jogiwala, about 8.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Machhiwara.

Machhiwara is about 41 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machhiwara is in Zira tehsil of Firozpur district. Zira is about 6.9 km away. Jogiwala is about 8.9 km away. Firozpur is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.