About Machkandi Village

Machkandi is a small village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 381, made up of 163 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,337 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machkandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machkandi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Rudraprayag
Tehsil	Ukhimath
Pincode	246425
Area (hectares)	96.53 hectares
Population	381
Male Population	163
Female Population	218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,337
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Machkandi compares

By the 2011 count Machkandi is the 76th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 96.53 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Machkandi

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

Machkandi lies about 23 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 90 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 Machkandi
Tehsil headquarters	Ukhimath	10 km
District headquarters	Rudraprayag	23 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	42 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	90 km

Villages closest to Machkandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machkandi village had a population of 381. That makes it the 76th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Machkandi village has 163 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machkandi has about 1337 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1076.

The pincode recorded for Machkandi is 246425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machkandi covers 96.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Machkandi falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Machkandi is Rishikesh, about 90 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 Machkandi.

Machkandi is about 23 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Machkandi is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Ukhimath is about 10 km away. Rudraprayag is about 23 km away. Srīnagar is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.