About Machhani Village

Machhani is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 43, made up of 23 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Machhani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Machhani village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249161
Area (hectares)	57.6 hectares
Population	43
Male Population	23
Female Population	20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
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 Machhani compares

By the 2011 count Machhani is the 291st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 57.6 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Machhani

Machhani is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Machhani 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 Machhani from other places

Machhani lies about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, 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 Machhani
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	18 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	18 km
Nearest town	Tehri	18 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	23 km

Villages closest to Machhani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Machhani village had a population of 43. That makes it the 291st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Machhani village has 23 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Machhani has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Machhani is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Machhani covers 57.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Machhani falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Machhani is Harrawala, 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 Machhani.

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

Machhani is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 18 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 18 km away. Tehri is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.