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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
silochna kulste
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- LGD code
- 493052
- Pincode
- 481663
- Post office
- Mohgaon
- Population
- 1,148
- Households
- 256
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Sex ratio
- 993 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 728
- Distance to district centre
- 511 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 533 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 309 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 353 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chavalkhede · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Machla · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Machla compares
By population, Machla ranks #50 of 183 villages in Ghughari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.1%
−0.8% vs mandal average
- Machla
- 48.1%
- Ghughari mandal
- 48.9%
- Mandla district
- 57.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
993
−49 vs mandal average
- Machla
- 993
- Ghughari mandal
- 1,042
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Machla
- 4.5
- Ghughari mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Machla at a glance
Machla is a village of 1,148 people in 256 households (Census 2011) in Ghughari tehsil, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, the 50th-largest of 183 villages in Ghughari tehsil. Literacy is 48%, about the same as the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 993 women per 1,000 men. It lies 511 km from the Mandla district centre, 13 km from Chahardi, the nearest town, 23 km from Chavalkhede railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481663, served by Mohgaon post office; the LGD village code is 493052. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Machla, <1 km away. The sarpanch is silochna kulste, and the village votes in Niwas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chainsingh Warkade. The population is estimated at 1,353 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Machla
- LGD code
- 493052
- Pincode
- 481663
- Post office
- Mohgaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,148
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,353
- Households
- 256
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 993
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.23157°N, 75.35821°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Niwas
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chainsingh Warkade
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- silochna kulste
- Block / Mandal
- Ghughari
Getting there
How to reach Machla
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal309 kmcapital
- Mumbai353 km
- Hyderabad539 km
- Delhi842 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChavalkhede23 km
- Bus stopSalva Phata21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Machla<1 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank32 km
- Petrol pumpDurgesh Petrolium( Nayara)9 km
- CollegePodar International School32 km
- Police stationChopda Gramin Police station7 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 481663
- MohgaonGhughari mandal3,093 pop
- DeogaonGhughari mandal1,930 pop
- SudgaonGhughari mandal1,745 pop
- SingarpurGhughari mandal1,723 pop
- Umariya Ryt.Ghughari mandal1,453 pop
- Githar MalpahriGhughari mandal1,412 pop
- Khisi Mal.Ghughari mandal1,355 pop
- MunuGhughari mandal1,326 pop
- Khalhe GithauriGhughari mandal1,310 pop
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Other villages in Ghughari mandal
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- Mohgaon
- Mungwani Ryt.
- Chabi
- Surehali(Surhali)
- Deogaon
- Salwah
- Chhatarpur
- Patan
- Sahjar
- Banehari
- Bamhani
- Bilgaon
- Sudgaon
- Thebha
- Singarpur
- Deohara
- Tabalpani
- Chalni
- Bhainswahi
- Khajari
- Chaugaon Ryt.
- Chauba
- Bagli
- Chandwara
- Umariya Ryt.
- Lato
- Githar Malpahri
- Paraswah
- Pondi Mal.
- Khisi Mal.
- Malwathar
- Bhudkur
- Munu
- Khalhe Githauri
- Khairi Mal.
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)