About Macha Village

Macha is a large village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,698, made up of 1,431 males and 1,267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1552.06 hectares hectares.

Macha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Macha village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Hoshangabad
Tehsil	Sohagpur
Area (hectares)	1552.06 hectares
Population	2,698
Male Population	1,431
Female Population	1,267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Macha compares

By the 2011 count Macha is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 783 residents. Its 1552.06 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Macha

Macha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. 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 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 60 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Pipariya, about 14 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
Nearest town	Pipariā	14 km
Nearest railway station	Pipariya	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sohagpur	21 km
District headquarters	Hoshangabad	60 km

Villages closest to Macha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sohagpur 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 2,698. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 783 residents.

Macha village has 1,431 males and 1,267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Macha has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Macha covers 1552.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Macha falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Macha is Pipariya, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Macha.

Macha is about 60 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Macha is in Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Pipariā is about 14 km away. Pipariya is about 14 km away. Sohagpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.