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Machhakote Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Machhakote is a medium size village located in BADAGADA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 222 families residing. The Machhakote village has population of 1160 of which 556 are males while 604 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhakote village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 13.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhakote village is 1086 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhakote as per census is 739, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Machhakote village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhakote village was 58.00 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Machhakote Male literacy stands at 71.12 % while female literacy rate was 46.64 %.

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

Machhakote Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 222 - -
Population 1,160 556 604
Child (0-6) 160 92 68
Schedule Caste 67 30 37
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.00 % 71.12 % 46.64 %
Total Workers 588 289 299
Main Worker 187 - -
Marginal Worker 401 145 256

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.78 % of total population in Machhakote village. The village Machhakote currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Machhakote village out of total population, 588 were engaged in work activities. 31.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 588 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.