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Machhera Population - Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh

Machhera is a medium size village located in Mohkhed Tehsil of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh with total 342 families residing. The Machhera village has population of 1887 of which 933 are males while 954 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Machhera village population of children with age 0-6 is 284 which makes up 15.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Machhera village is 1023 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Machhera as per census is 1014, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Machhera village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Machhera village was 54.27 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Machhera Male literacy stands at 66.16 % while female literacy rate was 42.66 %.

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

Machhera Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 342 - -
Population 1,887 933 954
Child (0-6) 284 141 143
Schedule Caste 23 10 13
Schedule Tribe 1,842 912 930
Literacy 54.27 % 66.16 % 42.66 %
Total Workers 1,087 544 543
Main Worker 236 - -
Marginal Worker 851 387 464

Caste Factor

In Machhera village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.62 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.22 % of total population in Machhera village.

Work Profile

In Machhera village out of total population, 1087 were engaged in work activities. 21.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1087 workers engaged in Main Work, 185 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.