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Machhiwara Population - Firozpur, Punjab

Machhiwara is a medium size village located in Firozpur Tehsil of Firozpur district, Punjab with total 55 families residing. The Machhiwara village has population of 336 of which 174 are males while 162 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhiwara village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 13.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhiwara village is 931 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhiwara as per census is 833, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Machhiwara village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhiwara village was 61.30 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Machhiwara Male literacy stands at 65.33 % while female literacy rate was 57.04 %.

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 55 - -
Population 336 174 162
Child (0-6) 44 24 20
Schedule Caste 200 105 95
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.30 % 65.33 % 57.04 %
Total Workers 90 86 4
Main Worker 88 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

In Machhiwara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.52 % 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, 90 were engaged in work activities. 97.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 90 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.