About Machan Village

Machan is a mid sized village in Jasrana tehsil, in the district of Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,387, made up of 737 males and 650 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 205147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Firozabad
Tehsil	Jasrana
Pincode	205147
Area (hectares)	228.01 hectares
Population	1,387
Male Population	737
Female Population	650
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machan compares

By the 2011 count Machan is the 122nd largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,829 residents. Its 228.01 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Machan

Machan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Machan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Machan from other places

Machan lies about 26 km from Firozabad, and the nearest railway station is Makkhanpur, about 23 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 Machan
Tehsil headquarters	Jasrana	8.0 km
Nearest town	Shikohābād	21 km
Nearest railway station	Makkhanpur	23 km
District headquarters	Firozabad	26 km

Villages closest to Machan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machan village had a population of 1,387. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,829 residents.

Machan village has 737 males and 650 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machan has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

The pincode recorded for Machan is 205147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machan covers 228.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Machan falls under Jasrana tehsil of Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Machan is Makkhanpur, about 23 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Machan.

Machan is about 26 km from Firozabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machan is in Jasrana tehsil of Firozabad district. Jasrana is about 8.0 km away. Shikohābād is about 21 km away. Makkhanpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.