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Machhiwara Population - Firozpur, Punjab

Machhiwara is a medium size village located in Zira Tehsil of Firozpur district, Punjab with total 97 families residing. The Machhiwara village has population of 585 of which 313 are males while 272 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhiwara village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 12.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhiwara village is 869 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhiwara as per census is 630, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Machhiwara village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhiwara village was 54.71 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Machhiwara Male literacy stands at 59.93 % while female literacy rate was 48.97 %.

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

Machhiwara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 97 - -
Population 585 313 272
Child (0-6) 75 46 29
Schedule Caste 148 82 66
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.71 % 59.93 % 48.97 %
Total Workers 292 199 93
Main Worker 178 - -
Marginal Worker 114 34 80

Caste Factor

Machhiwara village of Firozpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.30 % of total population in Machhiwara village. The village Machhiwara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Machhiwara village out of total population, 292 were engaged in work activities. 60.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 292 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.