About Macasana Village

Macasana is a mid sized village in Salcete tehsil, in the district of South Goa, Goa. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,972, made up of 880 males and 1,092 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,241 females per 1000 males. The village covers 500 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 403709, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Macasana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Macasana village
Description	Value
State	Goa
District	South Goa
Tehsil	Salcete
Pincode	403709
Area (hectares)	500 hectares
Population	1,972
Male Population	880
Female Population	1,092
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,241
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Macasana compares

By the 2011 count Macasana is the 21st largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,343 residents. Its 500 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1119.

Getting to Macasana

Macasana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Macasana as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Macasana from other places

Macasana lies about 15 km from South Goa, and the nearest railway station is Chandar Goa, about 3.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Macasana
Nearest railway station	Chandar Goa	3.2 km
Nearest town	Curchorem	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salcete	15 km
District headquarters	South Goa	15 km

Villages closest to Macasana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Salcete tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Macasana

As per the Census of India 2011, Macasana village had a population of 1,972. That makes it the 21st largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,343 residents.

Macasana village has 880 males and 1,092 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Macasana has about 1241 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1119.

The pincode recorded for Macasana is 403709. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Macasana covers 500 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Macasana falls under Salcete tehsil of South Goa district in Goa.

The nearest railway station to Macasana is Chandar Goa, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Macasana.

Macasana is about 15 km from South Goa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Macasana is in Salcete tehsil of South Goa district. Chandar Goa is about 3.2 km away. Curchorem is about 5.7 km away. Salcete is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.