Machhiwara Alias Kamagarਮਾਛੀਵਾੜਾ ਅਲਿਆਸ ਕਮਗਰ

Where is Machhiwara Alias Kamagar?

Machhiwara Alias Kamagar is a village of Firozpur tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Firozpur, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ghall Khurd community development block and is served by the Mahhiwara Alias Kamagar gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034514, and it covers 337 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,441 people in Machhiwara Alias Kamagar: 778 men and 663 women, living in 265 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 337 hectares, the population density works out to about 427 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 852 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 183, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 476 people, about 33 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.31 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.48 per cent and women at 68.09 per cent. The census recorded 425 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 419 main workers, the largest group, 210, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 106 other workers in trade, transport and services and 97 agricultural labourers. A further 6 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Machhiwara Alias Kamagar's land. Of the village's 337 hectares, 290 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (214 hectares). About 47 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 213 cultivators and 99 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Machhiwara Alias Kamagar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Firozpur, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Firozpur, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kakuwala, Badhni Jaimal Singh, Walhoor and Jaimalwala Alias Piareana.

What is the population of Machhiwara Alias Kamagar?

The population of Machhiwara Alias Kamagar was 1,441 at the 2011 census, living in 265 households in Firozpur tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Machhiwara Alias Kamagar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Machhiwara Alias Kamagar has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.