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Machhiara Population - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Machhiara is a medium size village located in Baghmara-Cum-Katras Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 284 families residing. The Machhiara village has population of 1517 of which 779 are males while 738 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhiara village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 14.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhiara village is 947 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhiara as per census is 839, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Machhiara village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhiara village was 84.00 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Machhiara Male literacy stands at 93.80 % while female literacy rate was 73.87 %.

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

Machhiara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 284 - -
Population 1,517 779 738
Child (0-6) 217 118 99
Schedule Caste 358 186 172
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.00 % 93.80 % 73.87 %
Total Workers 392 352 40
Main Worker 295 - -
Marginal Worker 97 87 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.60 % of total population in Machhiara village. The village Machhiara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Machhiara village out of total population, 392 were engaged in work activities. 75.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 392 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.