Machhipal

Machhipal
Village
Machhipal Machhipal Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates: 31°14′23″N 75°21′16″E / 31.239642°N 75.354335°ECoordinates: 31°14′23″N 75°21′16″E / 31.239642°N 75.354335°E
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Kapurthala
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population (2011)
• Total	303
	Sex ratio 154/149♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
• Other spoken	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	144625
Telephone code	01822
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Vehicle registration	PB-09
Website	kapurthala.gov.in

Machhipal is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Kapurthala, which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Machhipal. The village is administrated by a sarpanch, an elected representative of the village.^[1]

Demography

According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Machhipal has total number of 56 houses and population of 303 of which include 154 males and 149 females. Literacy rate of Machhipal is 62.79%, lower than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 45 which is 14.85% of total population of Machhipal, and child sex ratio is approximately 1143, higher than state average of 846.^[2]

Population data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	56	-	-
Population	303	154	149
Child (0-6)	45	21	24
Schedule Caste	292	146	146
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	62.79 %	68.42 %	56.80 %
Total Workers	98	83	15
Main Worker	92	0	0
Marginal Worker	6	4	2

Villages in Kapurthala

References

1. "About the village". onefivenine.com.
2. "Machhipal". census2011.co.in. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

External links

• Villages in Kapurthala