About Machharala Village

Machharala is a mid sized village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 500, made up of 280 males and 220 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 786 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143604, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machharala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machharala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Dera Baba Nanak
Pincode	143604
Area (hectares)	113 hectares
Population	500
Male Population	280
Female Population	220
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	786
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Machharala compares

By the 2011 count Machharala is the 82nd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 113 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, well below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Machharala

Machharala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Machharala 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 Kotli Surat Malhi, Kotli Viran, Lakmanian and Lallowal. 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 Machharala

As per the Census of India 2011, Machharala village had a population of 500. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Machharala village has 280 males and 220 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machharala has about 786 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Machharala is 143604. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machharala covers 113 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machharala falls under Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The census record for Machharala 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 Machharala.

Machharala is in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur 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.