About Chak Machhiya Village

Chak Machhiya is a small village in Pindra tehsil, in the district of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 150 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.42 hectares hectares.

Chak Machhiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Machhiya village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Varanasi
Tehsil	Pindra
Area (hectares)	29.42 hectares
Population	280
Male Population	150
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Machhiya compares

By the 2011 count Chak Machhiya is the 334th largest of the 401 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,466 residents. Its 29.42 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Chak Machhiya

Chak Machhiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chak Machhiya as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chak Machhiya from other places

Chak Machhiya lies about 57 km from Varanasi, and the nearest railway station is Almau, about 2.8 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 Chak Machhiya
Nearest railway station	Almau	2.8 km
Nearest town	Gyānpur	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pindra	11 km
District headquarters	Varanasi	57 km

Villages closest to Chak Machhiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pindra 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 Chak Machhiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Machhiya village had a population of 280. That makes it the 334th largest of the 401 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,466 residents.

Chak Machhiya village has 150 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Machhiya has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Chak Machhiya covers 29.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chak Machhiya falls under Pindra tehsil of Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chak Machhiya is Almau, about 2.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chak Machhiya.

Chak Machhiya is about 57 km from Varanasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Machhiya is in Pindra tehsil of Varanasi district. Almau is about 2.8 km away. Gyānpur is about 8.1 km away. Pindra is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.