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About Khari Machan Village

Khari Machan is one of the larger villages in Basanti tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,704, made up of 2,852 males and 2,852 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743329, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khari Machan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khari Machan village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Basanti
Pincode 743329
Area (hectares) 457.43 hectares
Population 5,704
Male Population 2,852
Female Population 2,852
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khari Machan compares

By the 2011 count Khari Machan is the 19th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 5,158 residents. Its 457.43 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Khari Machan

Khari Machan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khari Machan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khari Machan from other places

Khari Machan lies about 38 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Canning, about 6.5 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 Khari Machan
Nearest railway station Canning 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Basanti 12 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 38 km

Villages closest to Khari Machan

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

Common questions about Khari Machan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khari Machan village had a population of 5,704. That makes it the 19th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,158 residents.

Khari Machan village has 2,852 males and 2,852 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khari Machan has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Khari Machan is 743329. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khari Machan covers 457.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khari Machan falls under Basanti tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khari Machan is Canning, about 6.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khari Machan.

Khari Machan is about 38 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khari Machan is in Basanti tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Canning is about 6.5 km away. Basanti is about 12 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amjhara (1.8 km), Phul Malancha (2.1 km) and Dhuri (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khari Machan today is likely to be higher.

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