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Machhgerya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Machhgerya is a medium size village located in Daspur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 211 families residing. The Machhgerya village has population of 993 of which 512 are males while 481 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhgerya village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 9.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhgerya village is 939 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhgerya as per census is 1021, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Machhgerya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhgerya village was 87.83 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Machhgerya Male literacy stands at 93.75 % while female literacy rate was 81.48 %.

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

Machhgerya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 211 - -
Population 993 512 481
Child (0-6) 97 48 49
Schedule Caste 6 2 4
Schedule Tribe 36 19 17
Literacy 87.83 % 93.75 % 81.48 %
Total Workers 458 307 151
Main Worker 336 - -
Marginal Worker 122 99 23

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 3.63 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.60 % of total population in Machhgerya village.

Work Profile

In Machhgerya village out of total population, 458 were engaged in work activities. 73.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 458 workers engaged in Main Work, 223 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.