Machhia Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Machhia is a medium size village located in Kaptipada Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 90 families residing. The Machhia village has population of 328 of which 180 are males while 148 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhia village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 13.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhia village is 822 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhia as per census is 654, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Machhia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhia village was 61.40 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Machhia Male literacy stands at 70.13 % while female literacy rate was 51.15 %.

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

Machhia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	90	-	-
Population	328	180	148
Child (0-6)	43	26	17
Schedule Caste	88	49	39
Schedule Tribe	194	106	88
Literacy	61.40 %	70.13 %	51.15 %
Total Workers	180	108	72
Main Worker	125	-	-
Marginal Worker	55	20	35

Caste Factor

In Machhia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 59.15 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 26.83 % of total population in Machhia village.

Work Profile

In Machhia village out of total population, 180 were engaged in work activities. 69.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 180 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.