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Machhinan Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Machhinan is a large village located in Kolaghat Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 736 families residing. The Machhinan village has population of 3638 of which 1852 are males while 1786 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhinan village population of children with age 0-6 is 357 which makes up 9.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhinan village is 964 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhinan as per census is 1040, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Machhinan village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhinan village was 86.47 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Machhinan Male literacy stands at 91.65 % while female literacy rate was 81.05 %.

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

Machhinan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 736 - -
Population 3,638 1,852 1,786
Child (0-6) 357 175 182
Schedule Caste 117 58 59
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.47 % 91.65 % 81.05 %
Total Workers 1,234 1,089 145
Main Worker 773 - -
Marginal Worker 461 382 79

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.22 % of total population in Machhinan village. The village Machhinan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Machhinan village out of total population, 1234 were engaged in work activities. 62.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1234 workers engaged in Main Work, 143 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.