# Machhipur Village, Khurja, Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khurja, Bulandshahr 

# Machhipur

Machhipur is a village in Khurja sub-district of Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,206 people in 227 households**, the 126th largest of 186 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.0%.

- 1,206people (2011)
- 227households
- 54.8%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Machhipur

Of every 100 households in Machhipur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Machhipur · ■ Khurja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**70%

Tap water ****13%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****31%**

**61%

Television ****32%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Machhipur?

■ Machhipur · ■ Khurja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.8%**

**70.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**886

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1030**

**851

Working population ****30.5%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.0% for men and 37.4% for women. 47% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (17%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 107 (29%) · **■** Marginal 140 (38%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Khurja

- Lalpur Chitola1,273 people
- Usmanpur1,249 people
- Sherpur Mazra Naysar1,247 people
- Kalakhuri1,211 people
- Hinsoti1,199 people
- Shahpur Pahasu1,178 people
- Mohammadpur Mazra Bichhat1,164 people
- Achaja Khurd1,155 people

[All 191 villages in Khurja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bulandshahr/khurja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Machhipur?1,206 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Machhipur in?Bulandshahr district (Khurja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Machhipur?54.8% (Census 2011)