Machh
Machh مچھ | |
|---|---|
Municipal Committee and Union Council | |
| Machh railway station Machh railway station | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan |
| Province | Balochistan |
| District | Kachhi District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Government |
| Population (2023 census) | |
• Total | 44,542 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Machh, or Mach (Balochi, Urdu: مچھ), is a town and union council of Kachhi District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.[1] The town has an altitude of 1006 metres (3303 feet) and is located at 29°52'0N 67°19'60E,[2] - some about 50 km (70 km by road) southeast of Quetta, the provincial capital.
Geography
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Population
[edit | edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 3,211 | — |
| 1961 | 4,921 | +4.36% |
| 1972 | 7,273 | +3.62% |
| 1981 | 8,419 | +1.64% |
| 1998 | 14,488 | +3.24% |
| 2017 | 19,152 | +1.48% |
| 2023 | 44,542 | +15.10% |
| Source: [3] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Machh has population of 44,542.[4]
Languages
Religion
[edit | edit source]| Religious group |
1941[6]: 13–14 | 2017[7][8] | 2023[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg | 1,632 | 73.51% | 18,581 | 97.08% | ||
| Hinduism File:Om.svg | 421 | 18.96% | 277 | 1.45% | ||
| Sikhism File:Khanda.svg | 121 | 5.45% | — | — | ||
| Christianity File:Christian cross.svg | 38 | 1.71% | 282 | 1.47% | ||
| Judaism File:Star of David.svg | 8 | 0.36% | — | — | ||
| Total population | 2,220 | 100% | 19,140 | 100% | 44,542 | 100% |
Economy
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bolan - Government of Pakistan
- ^ Location of Mach - Falling Rain Genomics
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