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Machhrala Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Machhrala is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 95 families residing. The Machhrala village has population of 435 of which 229 are males while 206 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhrala village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 10.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhrala village is 900 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhrala as per census is 1500, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Machhrala village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhrala village was 84.36 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Machhrala Male literacy stands at 90.05 % while female literacy rate was 77.65 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Machhrala 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 Machhrala village.

Machhrala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 435 229 206
Child (0-6) 45 18 27
Schedule Caste 279 149 130
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.36 % 90.05 % 77.65 %
Total Workers 133 114 19
Main Worker 107 - -
Marginal Worker 26 15 11

Caste Factor

In Machhrala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 64.14 % of total population in Machhrala village. The village Machhrala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Machhrala village out of total population, 133 were engaged in work activities. 80.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 133 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.