About Machhian Khurd Village

Machhian Khurd is a small village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 494, made up of 270 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machhian Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhian Khurd village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Ludhiana East
Pincode	141126
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	494
Male Population	270
Female Population	224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	830
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machhian Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Machhian Khurd is the 139th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 893.

Getting to Machhian Khurd

Machhian Khurd is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Machhian Khurd 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Machhian Khurd from other places

Machhian Khurd lies about 16 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 14 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 Machhian Khurd
Nearest railway station	Rahon	14 km
Nearest town	Sānehwāl	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ludhiana East	16 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	16 km

Villages closest to Machhian Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ludhiana East 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 Machhian Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhian Khurd village had a population of 494. That makes it the 139th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Machhian Khurd village has 270 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhian Khurd has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Machhian Khurd is 141126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machhian Khurd covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machhian Khurd falls under Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Machhian Khurd is Rahon, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Machhian Khurd.

Machhian Khurd is about 16 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machhian Khurd is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Rahon is about 14 km away. Sānehwāl is about 14 km away. Ludhiana East is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.