About Machhiwara Kham Village

Machhiwara Kham is a mid sized village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,213, made up of 636 males and 577 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machhiwara Kham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhiwara Kham village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Samrala
Pincode	141115
Area (hectares)	395 hectares
Population	1,213
Male Population	636
Female Population	577
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machhiwara Kham compares

By the 2011 count Machhiwara Kham is the 54th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 395 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Machhiwara Kham

Machhiwara Kham is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Machhiwara Kham 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 Machhiwara Kham from other places

Machhiwara Kham lies about 41 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Khamanon, about 17 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 Kham
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samrala	16 km
Nearest railway station	Khamanon	17 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	41 km

Villages closest to Machhiwara Kham

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhiwara Kham village had a population of 1,213. That makes it the 54th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Machhiwara Kham village has 636 males and 577 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhiwara Kham has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Machhiwara Kham is 141115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machhiwara Kham covers 395 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machhiwara Kham falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Machhiwara Kham is Khamanon, about 17 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 Machhiwara Kham.

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

Machhiwara Kham is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Māchhīwāra is about 9.2 km away. Samrala is about 16 km away. Khamanon is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.