Makhana Population - Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

Makhana is a medium size village located in Puraula Tehsil of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand with total 102 families residing. The Makhana village has population of 489 of which 226 are males while 263 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Makhana village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 14.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Makhana village is 1164 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Makhana as per census is 1212, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Makhana village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Makhana village was 76.68 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Makhana Male literacy stands at 86.01 % while female literacy rate was 68.61 %.

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

Makhana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	102	-	-
Population	489	226	263
Child (0-6)	73	33	40
Schedule Caste	247	121	126
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	76.68 %	86.01 %	68.61 %
Total Workers	186	107	79
Main Worker	184	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	1	1

Caste Factor

In Makhana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.51 % of total population in Makhana village. The village Makhana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Makhana village out of total population, 186 were engaged in work activities. 98.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 186 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.