Machaki Mal Singhਮਚਕੀ ਮਲ ਸਿੰਘ

Where is Machaki Mal Singh?

Machaki Mal Singh is a village of Faridkot tehsil in Faridkot district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Faridkot, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Faridkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035473, and it covers 927 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,859 people in Machaki Mal Singh: 1,517 men and 1,342 women, living in 554 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 927 hectares, the population density works out to about 308 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 885 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 305, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,503 people, about 53 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.63 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 64.15 per cent and women at 54.54 per cent. The census recorded 882 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 751 main workers, the largest group, 320, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 217 other workers in trade, transport and services and 198 agricultural labourers. A further 131 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Machaki Mal Singh's land. Of the village's 927 hectares, 789 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (789 hectares). About 134 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 334 cultivators and 283 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Machaki Mal Singh is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Faridkot, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Faridkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Faridkot town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Virewala Khurd, Naraingarh and Chak Dhimanwali.

What is the population of Machaki Mal Singh?

The population of Machaki Mal Singh was 2,859 at the 2011 census, living in 554 households in Faridkot tehsil of Faridkot district.

What facilities does Machaki Mal Singh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Machaki Mal Singh has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.