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    Census 2024 · district in West Nile sub-region

    Maracha

    People
    234,712
    86 of 146 by size
    Area
    446 km²
    People per km²
    527
    Uganda: 189
    Household size
    4.9
    Uganda: 4.2
    Children under 18
    50.6%
    Uganda: 49.6%

    Where Maracha is

    Where Maracha does better than Uganda

    • Households that got PDM support: 22.6% vs 7.8% nationally
    • Households with a mosquito net: 93.2% vs 87.2% nationally

    Where Maracha lags behind

    • Households with improved toilets: 16.6% vs 43.6% nationally
    • Households on grid electricity: 1.2% vs 25.3% nationally
    • Households in subsistence farming: 56.7% vs 33.1% nationally

    Maracha compared

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    Inside Maracha: 19 sub-counties

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    Households on grid electricity

    By sub-county, Census 2024

    Source: UBOS, National Population and Housing Census 2024 (sub-county profiles)
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    AreaValue
    Oleba Town Council5.4%
    Ovujo Town Council5.1%
    Maracha Town Council4.8%
    Nyadri South2.4%
    Okokoro Town Council2.0%
    Agaii Town Council1.4%
    Nyadri1.0%
    Oleba0.6%
    Awiziru0.5%
    Olufe0.4%
    Drambu0.3%
    Obiba0.2%
    Alikua0.2%
    Paranga0.2%
    Kijomoro0.1%
    Tara0.1%
    Yivu0.1%
    Oluvu0.0%
    Ajira0.0%

    Who has power from the grid? Maracha overall: 1.2%

    Highest: Oleba Town Council (5.4%). Lowest: Oluvu (0.0%).

    Sub-countyCountyHouseholds on grid electricity
    Oleba Town CouncilMaracha East County5.4%
    Ovujo Town CouncilMaracha County5.1%
    Maracha Town CouncilMaracha East County4.8%
    Nyadri SouthMaracha East County2.4%
    Okokoro Town CouncilMaracha County2.0%
    Agaii Town CouncilMaracha County1.4%
    NyadriMaracha East County1.0%
    OlebaMaracha East County0.6%
    AwiziruMaracha County0.5%
    OlufeMaracha County0.4%
    DrambuMaracha East County0.3%
    AlikuaMaracha East County0.2%
    ObibaMaracha County0.2%
    ParangaMaracha East County0.2%
    KijomoroMaracha County0.1%
    TaraMaracha East County0.1%
    YivuMaracha East County0.1%
    AjiraMaracha East County0.0%
    OluvuMaracha County0.0%

    Farming in Maracha

    MarachaWest NileUgandaRank
    Households keeping livestock91.8%79.0%72.8%6th of 135
    Cattle per 100 people27.4 per 100 people18.3 per 100 people31.5 per 100 people67th of 135
    Goats per 100 people78.3 per 100 people51.9 per 100 people37.8 per 100 people11th of 135
    Chickens per 100 people163.2 per 100 people75.8 per 100 people126.0 per 100 people31st of 135
    Pigs per 100 people32.3 per 100 people9.2 per 100 people15.4 per 100 people14th of 135
    Cattle that are exotic or cross-bred0.8%1.0%23.0%110th of 135
    Honey harvested (kg, 6 months)12,438 kg214,821 kg2,567,298 kg47th of 135

    Source: UBOS, National Livestock Census 2021. Animals per 100 people use the 2024 census population.

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    About these numbers

    From the National Population and Housing Census 2024. Shares are worked out from UBOS’s counts for Maracha. The West Nile and Uganda figures come from summed counts, not averages. “Highest of 146” ranks show where Maracha sits among all districts and cities, from highest value down. For some indicators, a high rank is good news; for others it isn’t.

    Note: UBOS's mobile phone ownership table currently repeats the internet-use figures, so phone ownership is left out.