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Machhlena Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Machhlena is a medium size village located in Palampur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 69 families residing. The Machhlena village has population of 324 of which 162 are males while 162 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhlena village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 11.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhlena village is 1000 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhlena as per census is 810, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Machhlena village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhlena village was 85.31 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Machhlena Male literacy stands at 90.78 % while female literacy rate was 80.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Machhlena village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Machhlena village.

Machhlena Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 69 - -
Population 324 162 162
Child (0-6) 38 21 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 22 10 12
Literacy 85.31 % 90.78 % 80.00 %
Total Workers 187 94 93
Main Worker 43 - -
Marginal Worker 144 55 89

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 6.79 % of total population in Machhlena village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Machhlena village of Kangra.

Work Profile

In Machhlena village out of total population, 187 were engaged in work activities. 22.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 187 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.