Machhurda observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Machhurda ranks #21 of 159 villages in Birsa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Machhurda is a village of 1,440 people in 301 households (Census 2011) in Birsa tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 21st-largest of 159 villages in Birsa tehsil. Literacy is 35%, 20 points below the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,090 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 481051, served by Birsa post office; the LGD village code is 498090. The sarpanch is jilso tilgam, and the village votes in Paraswada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhu Bhau Bhagat. The population is estimated at 1,698 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Machhurda →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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