About Macha Village

Macha is a mid sized village in Patamda tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,144, made up of 591 males and 553 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.66 hectares hectares.

Macha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Macha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Patamda
Area (hectares)	201.66 hectares
Population	1,144
Male Population	591
Female Population	553
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Macha compares

By the 2011 count Macha is the 26th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 987 residents. Its 201.66 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Macha

Macha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Macha 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Macha from other places

Macha lies about 49 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Biramdih, about 25 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 Macha
Tehsil headquarters	Patamda	2.9 km
Nearest town	Ghorabandha	22 km
Nearest railway station	Biramdih	25 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	49 km

Villages closest to Macha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patamda 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 Macha

As per the Census of India 2011, Macha village had a population of 1,144. That makes it the 26th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 987 residents.

Macha village has 591 males and 553 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Macha has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Macha covers 201.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Macha falls under Patamda tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Macha is Biramdih, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Macha is about 49 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Macha is in Patamda tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Patamda is about 2.9 km away. Ghorabandha is about 22 km away. Biramdih is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.