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Machh

Pakistani town

Summary

Pakistani town

Field	Value
name	Machh

settlement_type	Municipal Committee and Union Council
image_skyline	Machh Railway Station - 40450.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Machh railway station
pushpin_map	Balochistan Pakistan#Pakistan
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Pakistan
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Balochistan
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Kachhi District
subdivision_type3	Tehsil
government_type	Local Government
leader_title	Chairman
leader_title1	Assistant Commissioner
population_as_of	2023 census
population_total	44,542
coordinates
timezone	PST
utc_offset	+5

Machh, or Mach (Balochi, ), is a town and union council of Kachhi District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The town has an altitude of 1006 metres (3303 feet) and is located at 29°52'0N 67°19'60E, - some about 50 km (70 km by road) southeast of Quetta, the provincial capital.

Geography

Machh is located in between the stony hills. It is divided into 3 parts; area for jail, railway and town. There is only one bazaar.

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Machh has population of 44,542.

Languages

Religion

Religious
group	1941	2017	2023	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Total population	2,220	19,140	44,542
Islam [[File:Star and Crescent.svg	15px]]	1,632		18,581
Hinduism [[File:Om.svg	15px]]	421		277
Sikhism [[File:Khanda.svg	15px]]	121
Christianity [[File:Christian cross.svg	15px]]	38		282
Judaism [[File:Star_of_David.svg	15px]]	8

Economy

Most of the economic activity in Machh revolves around coal mines and the buying and selling of coal. The major source of employment is the public sector - Railway, Jail, Wapda, Sui Gas and Levies Force. Machh town has a market that caters to coal miners and residents. Mach has a jail, built in 1929.

Weather

The climate is dry. It rains 3 or 4 times in a year. Machh experiences extreme winter and summer temperatures. The winter of 2016 saw heavy snowfall along the Kolpur and Kohebash areas of Machh.

Transportation

People use cars, bikes and cycles for transportation in town. Pakistan National Highway N-65 runs along Tehsil Machh and is the only major road in the area.

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110807195739/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=100&dn=Bolan Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bolan - Government of Pakistan]
[https://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/02/Mach.html Location of Mach - Falling Rain Genomics]
"AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES". [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]].
"AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN".
"PBS Pakistan Bureau of Statistics".
"CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME XIV BALUCHISTAN".
"Final Results (Census-2017)".
"District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017) TABLE 9 - POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN".
"Balochistān (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".

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