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Machhian Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Machhian is a medium size village located in Dasua Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 119 families residing. The Machhian village has population of 520 of which 277 are males while 243 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhian village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 10.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhian village is 877 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhian as per census is 421, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Machhian village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhian village was 90.56 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Machhian Male literacy stands at 96.65 % while female literacy rate was 84.14 %.

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

Machhian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 119 - -
Population 520 277 243
Child (0-6) 54 38 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.56 % 96.65 % 84.14 %
Total Workers 175 134 41
Main Worker 81 - -
Marginal Worker 94 63 31

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Machhian village of Hoshiarpur district.

Work Profile

In Machhian village out of total population, 175 were engaged in work activities. 46.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 175 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.