# Machun Village, Piploda, Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Piploda, Ratlam 

# Machun

Machun is a village in Piploda sub-district of Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,440 people in 304 households**, the 33rd largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,440people (2011)
- 304households
- 66.9%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Machun PIN code and other codes

Machun falls in Piploda sub-district, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockPiploda
- Census village code470048

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

## How far is Machun from nearby towns?

- Piploda (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Ratlam (district HQ)30 km by road
- Piploda (nearest town)10 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 Machun?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Machun; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Badayla
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ratlam
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Ratlam
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Machun known for?

About 83% of the 837 hectares of village land is sown, and 286 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Machun

Of every 100 households in Machun in 2011, 64 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Machun · ■ Piploda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**79%

Tap water ****94%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****59%**

**34%

Television ****18%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**24%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Machun?

■ Machun · ■ Piploda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**929

Working population ****56.9%**

**53.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 50.9% for women. 58% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 293 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 462 (56%) · **■** Other work 40 (5%) · **■** Marginal 25 (3%)

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 Piploda

- Akyadeh1,542 people
- Kushalgadh Amethi1,505 people
- Rankoda1,477 people
- Talidana1,454 people
- Bachhodiya1,436 people
- Jadwasa1,422 people
- Richha Dewada1,417 people
- Jethana1,367 people

[All 91 villages in Piploda](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/ratlam/piploda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Machun from Ratlam?30 km by road
- What is the population of Machun?1,440 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Machun in?Ratlam district (Piploda sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Machun?66.9% (Census 2011)