# Machatanr Village, Chandankiyari, Bokaro (Jharkhand)

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Village · Chandankiyari, Bokaro 

# Machatanr

Machatanr is a village in Chandankiyari sub-district of Bokaro district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,136 people in 204 households**, the 71st largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.0%.

- 1,136people (2011)
- 204households
- 75.7%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Machatanr PIN code and other codes

Machatanr falls in Chandankiyari sub-district, Bokaro district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatNayavan
- Community development blockChandankiyari
- Census village code362783

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Machatanr from nearby towns?

- Chandankiyari (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Bokaro (district HQ)25 km by road
- Chas (nearest town)19 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Machatanr?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Machatanr; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Chas
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chas
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chas
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 4 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Machatanr known for?

The main crops are **rice, genhu, makai and hari sabjiya**. Products made here include eetbhata, kasaatkari, bakkerey, tokri and tokri. About 81% of the 185 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Machatanr

Of every 100 households in Machatanr in 2011, 96 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Machatanr · ■ Chandankiyari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**77%

Use banking services ****98%**

**41%

Television ****40%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Machatanr?

■ Machatanr · ■ Chandankiyari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**63.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1147**

**959

Working population ****23.5%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 62.2% for women. 43% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 59 (22%) · **■** Marginal 192 (72%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chandankiyari

- Chandipur1,206 people
- Gurri1,162 people
- Banshgari1,161 people
- Kanakchas1,153 people
- Barda1,125 people
- Bodma1,114 people
- Darida1,104 people
- Talgaria1,101 people

[All 128 villages in Chandankiyari](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/bokaro/chandankiyari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Machatanr from Bokaro?25 km by road
- What is the population of Machatanr?1,136 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Machatanr in?Bokaro district (Chandankiyari sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Machatanr?75.7% (Census 2011)