About Macha Village

Macha is a mid sized village in Nowgong tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 917, made up of 474 males and 443 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 607.38 hectares hectares.

Macha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Macha village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Nowgong
Area (hectares)	607.38 hectares
Population	917
Male Population	474
Female Population	443
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Macha compares

By the 2011 count Macha is the 48th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents. Its 607.38 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Macha

Macha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Macha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Macha from other places

Macha lies about 28 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ishanagar, about 21 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	Nowgong	11 km
Nearest railway station	Ishanagar	21 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	28 km

Villages closest to Macha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nowgong 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 917. That makes it the 48th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents.

Macha village has 474 males and 443 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Macha has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 907.

Macha covers 607.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Macha falls under Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Macha is Ishanagar, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Macha.

Macha is about 28 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Macha is in Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Nowgong is about 11 km away. Ishanagar is about 21 km away. Chhatarpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.