Machhiwara Population - Firozpur, Punjab

Machhiwara is a small village located in Firozpur Tehsil of Firozpur district, Punjab with total 37 families residing. The Machhiwara village has population of 186 of which 93 are males while 93 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhiwara village population of children with age 0-6 is 25 which makes up 13.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhiwara village is 1000 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhiwara as per census is 1273, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Machhiwara village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhiwara village was 67.70 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Machhiwara Male literacy stands at 74.39 % while female literacy rate was 60.76 %.

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

Machhiwara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	37	-	-
Population	186	93	93
Child (0-6)	25	11	14
Schedule Caste	101	47	54
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	67.70 %	74.39 %	60.76 %
Total Workers	80	58	22
Main Worker	34	-	-
Marginal Worker	46	26	20

Caste Factor

In Machhiwara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.30 % of total population in Machhiwara village. The village Machhiwara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Machhiwara village out of total population, 80 were engaged in work activities. 42.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 80 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.