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Machhnan Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Machhnan is a medium size village located in Bhagawanpur - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 275 families residing. The Machhnan village has population of 1137 of which 575 are males while 562 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhnan village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 10.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhnan village is 977 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhnan as per census is 1138, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Machhnan village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhnan village was 93.48 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Machhnan Male literacy stands at 98.65 % while female literacy rate was 88.10 %.

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

Machhnan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 275 - -
Population 1,137 575 562
Child (0-6) 124 58 66
Schedule Caste 29 14 15
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 93.48 % 98.65 % 88.10 %
Total Workers 399 352 47
Main Worker 56 - -
Marginal Worker 343 309 34

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.55 % of total population in Machhnan village. The village Machhnan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Machhnan village out of total population, 399 were engaged in work activities. 14.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 399 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.