By population, Machhand ranks #1 of 49 villages in Mihona mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Machhand is a village of 9,093 people in 1,731 households (Census 2011) in Mihona tehsil, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, the largest of 49 villages in Mihona tehsil. Literacy is 61%, about the same as the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 862 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Bhind district centre, 24 km from Umri, the nearest town, 38 km from Konch railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 477441, served by Mihona post office; the LGD village code is 453530. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is SUSHEELA DEVI, and the village votes in Lahar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambrish Sharma (Guddu). The population is estimated at 10,721 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Machhand →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machhand · this village | 9,093 | 61% | — |
| Itai · Tulsipur | 1,896 | 26% | 2 km SE |
| Umrela · Ron | 309 | 60% | 2.3 km NE |
| Pachokhara · Ron | 2,870 | 64% | 2.5 km NW |
| Pachokhara · Bhind | 446 | 71% | 2.5 km NW |
| Gandh Bahoripura · Ron | 1,081 | 65% | 2.7 km N |
| Tila · Pali | 834 | 50% | 2.7 km SE |
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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