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Machua Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Machua is a medium size village located in Nilagiri Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 246 families residing. The Machua village has population of 1053 of which 501 are males while 552 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machua village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 18.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machua village is 1102 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Machua as per census is 1189, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Machua village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Machua village was 54.67 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Machua Male literacy stands at 66.67 % while female literacy rate was 43.60 %.

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

Machua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 246 - -
Population 1,053 501 552
Child (0-6) 197 90 107
Schedule Caste 87 36 51
Schedule Tribe 588 273 315
Literacy 54.67 % 66.67 % 43.60 %
Total Workers 439 293 146
Main Worker 436 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Machua village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 55.84 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.26 % of total population in Machua village.

Work Profile

In Machua village out of total population, 439 were engaged in work activities. 99.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 439 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.