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Machhil Population - Jehanabad, Bihar

Machhil is a large village located in Makhdumpur Block of Jehanabad district, Bihar with total 408 families residing. The Machhil village has population of 2495 of which 1252 are males while 1243 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhil village population of children with age 0-6 is 553 which makes up 22.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhil village is 993 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhil as per census is 1004, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Machhil village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhil village was 58.50 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Machhil Male literacy stands at 76.64 % while female literacy rate was 40.17 %.

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

Machhil Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 408 - -
Population 2,495 1,252 1,243
Child (0-6) 553 276 277
Schedule Caste 746 375 371
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.50 % 76.64 % 40.17 %
Total Workers 534 488 46
Main Worker 205 - -
Marginal Worker 329 296 33

Caste Factor

Machhil village of Jehanabad has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.90 % of total population in Machhil village. The village Machhil currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Machhil village out of total population, 534 were engaged in work activities. 38.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 534 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.