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Machhiwara Population - Firozpur, Punjab

Machhiwara is a medium size village located in Firozpur Tehsil of Firozpur district, Punjab with total 208 families residing. The Machhiwara village has population of 1353 of which 687 are males while 666 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhiwara village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 13.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhiwara village is 969 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhiwara as per census is 1163, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Machhiwara village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhiwara village was 63.84 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Machhiwara Male literacy stands at 71.38 % while female literacy rate was 55.83 %.

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 208 - -
Population 1,353 687 666
Child (0-6) 186 86 100
Schedule Caste 508 247 261
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.84 % 71.38 % 55.83 %
Total Workers 430 368 62
Main Worker 407 - -
Marginal Worker 23 15 8

Caste Factor

In Machhiwara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.55 % 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, 430 were engaged in work activities. 94.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 430 workers engaged in Main Work, 180 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 147 were Agricultural labourer.