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About Machhike Village

Machhike is a mid sized village in Patti tehsil, in the district of Tarn Taran, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,041, made up of 539 males and 502 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 412.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machhike Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhike village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Tarn Taran
Tehsil Patti
Pincode 143419
Area (hectares) 412.59 hectares
Population 1,041
Male Population 539
Female Population 502
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Machhike compares

By the 2011 count Machhike is the 118th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,894 residents. Its 412.59 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Machhike

Machhike is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Machhike as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Machhike from other places

Machhike lies about 47 km from Tarn Taran, and the nearest railway station is Rattoke Gurdwara, about 3.2 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 Machhike
Nearest railway station Rattoke Gurdwara 3.2 km
Nearest town Firozpur 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Patti 30 km
District headquarters Tarn Taran 47 km

Villages closest to Machhike

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

Common questions about Machhike

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhike village had a population of 1,041. That makes it the 118th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,894 residents.

Machhike village has 539 males and 502 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhike has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Machhike is 143419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machhike covers 412.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machhike falls under Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Machhike is Rattoke Gurdwara, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Machhike.

Machhike is about 47 km from Tarn Taran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machhike is in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district. Rattoke Gurdwara is about 3.2 km away. Firozpur is about 25 km away. Patti is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhura Kohna (3.6 km), Mehdipur (3.8 km) and Asal Uttar (4.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Machhike today is likely to be higher.

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