Machhike Population - Tarn Taran, Punjab

Machhike is a medium size village located in Patti Tehsil of Tarn Taran district, Punjab with total 197 families residing. The Machhike village has population of 1041 of which 539 are males while 502 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhike village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 13.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhike village is 931 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhike as per census is 779, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Machhike village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhike village was 55.64 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Machhike Male literacy stands at 60.82 % while female literacy rate was 50.23 %.

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

Machhike Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	197	-	-
Population	1,041	539	502
Child (0-6)	137	77	60
Schedule Caste	477	246	231
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	55.64 %	60.82 %	50.23 %
Total Workers	670	347	323
Main Worker	458	-	-
Marginal Worker	212	42	170

Caste Factor

In Machhike village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.82 % of total population in Machhike village. The village Machhike currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Machhike village out of total population, 670 were engaged in work activities. 68.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 670 workers engaged in Main Work, 139 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 137 were Agricultural labourer.