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Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Hospitals: 5
- Governent Hospital ,Macherla; Narasimha Murthy Hospital; Prameela Dantha Hospital; Chandamama Hospital; chandamama hospital
- Schools: 1
- KGBV School , Macherla
Macherla facts
- District
- Palnadu district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 57,290 (49,221 in 2001)
- Area
- about 32.94 sq km, about 136 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 522426 (Macherla), 524311 (Macherlavaripalem)
- Places nearby
- Ethipothala Falls (waterfalls, 7 km)
- History
- The name Macherla is said to come from Mahadevi Cherla. The town is the capital of the Palnadu region, with a history of over a thousand years, and the famous Battle of Palnadu was fought between Macherla and Gurazala between 1176 and 1182.
- Education
- Macherla had 21 schools in 2018–19, 19 of them private.
- Geography
- Macherla stands about 136 m above sea level, 23 km from Nagarjuna Sagar, and the Jerri Vagu stream supplies its water.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.