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Machkot Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Machkot is a medium size village located in Jagdalpur Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 55 families residing. The Machkot village has population of 250 of which 125 are males while 125 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machkot village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 15.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machkot village is 1000 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Machkot as per census is 1167, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Machkot village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Machkot village was 57.82 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Machkot Male literacy stands at 72.90 % while female literacy rate was 42.31 %.

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

Machkot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 55 - -
Population 250 125 125
Child (0-6) 39 18 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 208 106 102
Literacy 57.82 % 72.90 % 42.31 %
Total Workers 161 79 82
Main Worker 58 - -
Marginal Worker 103 25 78

Caste Factor

In Machkot village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.20 % of total population in Machkot village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Machkot village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Machkot village out of total population, 161 were engaged in work activities. 36.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 161 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.