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Machwas Population - Dewas, Madhya Pradesh

Machwas is a medium size village located in Khategaon Tehsil of Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh with total 322 families residing. The Machwas village has population of 1686 of which 865 are males while 821 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machwas village population of children with age 0-6 is 308 which makes up 18.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machwas village is 949 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Machwas as per census is 1081, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Machwas village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Machwas village was 51.38 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Machwas Male literacy stands at 58.72 % while female literacy rate was 43.42 %.

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

Machwas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 322 - -
Population 1,686 865 821
Child (0-6) 308 148 160
Schedule Caste 202 109 93
Schedule Tribe 912 451 461
Literacy 51.38 % 58.72 % 43.42 %
Total Workers 1,026 544 482
Main Worker 742 - -
Marginal Worker 284 51 233

Caste Factor

In Machwas village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 54.09 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.98 % of total population in Machwas village.

Work Profile

In Machwas village out of total population, 1026 were engaged in work activities. 72.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1026 workers engaged in Main Work, 276 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 455 were Agricultural labourer.