About Machhiyar Village

Machhiyar is a mid sized village in Pati tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 870, made up of 433 males and 437 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262580, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machhiyar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhiyar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Pati
Pincode	262580
Area (hectares)	342.74 hectares
Population	870
Male Population	433
Female Population	437
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machhiyar compares

By the 2011 count Machhiyar is the 8th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 323 residents. Its 342.74 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Machhiyar

Machhiyar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Machhiyar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Machhiyar from other places

Machhiyar lies about 18 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 26 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 Machhiyar
District headquarters	Champawat	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pati	18 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	26 km
Nearest town	Haldwani	39 km

Villages closest to Machhiyar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhiyar village had a population of 870. That makes it the 8th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 323 residents.

Machhiyar village has 433 males and 437 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhiyar has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Machhiyar is 262580. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machhiyar covers 342.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machhiyar falls under Pati tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Machhiyar is Tanakpur, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance for Machhiyar.

Machhiyar is about 18 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machhiyar is in Pati tehsil of Champawat district. Champawat is about 18 km away. Pati is about 18 km away. Tanakpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.