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Machh
مچھ
Machh; مچھ
Municipal Committee and Union Council
	Mach railway station
	Machh; مچھ Location in Pakistan Machh; مچھ Machh; مچھ (Pakistan)
	Coordinates: 29°52′01″N 67°19′35″E / 29.86694°N 67.32639°E
Country	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

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]		2023^[6]
Religious group	Pop.	%	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%	44,542	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.

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

^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bolan - Government of Pakistan
^ Location of Mach - Falling Rain Genomics
^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME XIV BALUCHISTAN". Retrieved 27 January 2023.
^ "Final Results (Census-2017)". Retrieved 27 January 2023.
^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017) TABLE 9 - POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN" (PDF). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
^ "Balochistān (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 5 September 2024.

[1] Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bolan - Government of Pakistan

[2] Location of Mach - Falling Rain Genomics

[Census1941-3] "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME XIV BALUCHISTAN". Retrieved 27 January 2023.

[Census2017B-4] "Final Results (Census-2017)". Retrieved 27 January 2023.

[Census2017C-5] "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017) TABLE 9 - POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN" (PDF). Retrieved 27 January 2023.

[6] "Balochistān (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 5 September 2024.

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