# Macha Village, Patamda, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Patamda, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Macha

Macha is a village in Patamda sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,144 people in 252 households**, the 26th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.4%.

- 1,144people (2011)
- 252households
- 75.6%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Macha PIN code and other codes

Macha falls in Patamda sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatBidra
- Community development blockPatamda
- Census village code363276

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Macha from nearby towns?

- Patamda (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Jamshedpur (district HQ)29 km by road
- Mango (nearest town)27 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Macha?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Macha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Patamda
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Patamda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamseadpur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 9 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Macha known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 1% of the 202 hectares of village land is sown, and 0 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Macha

Of every 100 households in Macha in 2011, 54 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Macha · ■ Patamda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**98%

Use banking services ****86%**

**45%

Television ****26%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Macha?

■ Macha · ■ Patamda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**59.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1034**

**953

Working population ****35.1%**

**50.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 60.5% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 68 (17%) · **■** Other work 71 (18%) · **■** Marginal 262 (65%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Patamda

- Dighi1,307 people
- Appo1,192 people
- Sari1,185 people
- Lachhipur1,166 people
- Dandudih1,143 people
- Bamani1,109 people
- Loadih1,063 people
- Garigram1,031 people

[All 89 villages in Patamda](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/patamda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Macha from Jamshedpur?29 km by road
- What is the population of Macha?1,144 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Macha in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Patamda sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Macha?75.6% (Census 2011)