Machh
مچھ
Municipal Committee and Union Council
Mach railway station
Mach railway station
Coordinates: 29°52′01″N 67°19′35″E / 29.86694°N 67.32639°E / 29.86694; 67.32639
CountryPakistan
ProvinceBalochistan
DistrictKachhi District
Government
 • TypeLocal Government
Time zoneUTC+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

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.

Demography

Religion

Religious groups in Machh City (1941 & 2017)
Religious
group		 1941[3]: 13–14  2017[4][5]
Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 1,632 73.51% 18,581 97.08%
Hinduism 421 18.96% 277 1.45%
Sikhism 121 5.45% — —
Christianity 38 1.71% 282 1.47%
Judaism 8 0.36% — —
Total population 2,220 100% 19,140 100%

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.[6]

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

  1. ↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bolan - Government of Pakistan
  2. ↑ Location of Mach - Falling Rain Genomics
  3. ↑ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME XIV BALUCHISTAN". Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Final Results (Census-2017)". Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017) TABLE 9 - POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN" (PDF). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  6. ↑ Balochistan govt declares emergency as heavy snowfall halts life


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