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Machrai Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Machrai is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 229 families residing. The Machrai village has population of 1113 of which 576 are males while 537 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machrai village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 13.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machrai village is 932 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Machrai as per census is 938, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Machrai village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Machrai village was 73.70 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Machrai Male literacy stands at 83.67 % while female literacy rate was 62.99 %.

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

Machrai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 229 - -
Population 1,113 576 537
Child (0-6) 155 80 75
Schedule Caste 557 278 279
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.70 % 83.67 % 62.99 %
Total Workers 651 358 293
Main Worker 493 - -
Marginal Worker 158 66 92

Caste Factor

In Machrai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.04 % of total population in Machrai village. The village Machrai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Machrai village out of total population, 651 were engaged in work activities. 75.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 651 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.