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Machhagan Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Machhagan is a medium size village located in Balikuda Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 245 families residing. The Machhagan village has population of 1106 of which 549 are males while 557 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 8.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhagan village is 1015 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhagan as per census is 1421, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Machhagan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhagan village was 85.70 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Machhagan Male literacy stands at 91.00 % while female literacy rate was 80.32 %.

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

Machhagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 245 - -
Population 1,106 549 557
Child (0-6) 92 38 54
Schedule Caste 95 51 44
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.70 % 91.00 % 80.32 %
Total Workers 382 348 34
Main Worker 304 - -
Marginal Worker 78 66 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.59 % of total population in Machhagan village. The village Machhagan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Machhagan village out of total population, 382 were engaged in work activities. 79.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 382 workers engaged in Main Work, 178 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.