# Chak Machhiya Village, Pindra, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pindra, Varanasi 

# Chak Machhiya

Chak Machhiya is a village in Pindra sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **280 people in 38 households**, the 352nd largest of 423 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.8%.

- 280people (2011)
- 38households
- 78.5%literacy
- 867females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chak Machhiya

Of every 100 households in Chak Machhiya in 2011, 3 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chak Machhiya · ■ Pindra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**92%

Use banking services ****90%**

**82%

Television ****18%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****32%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**7%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Chak Machhiya?

■ Chak Machhiya · ■ Pindra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.5%**

**73.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****867**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****571**

**899

Working population ****70.7%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 69.5% for women. 65% of men and 77% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 26 (13%) · **■** Marginal 147 (74%)

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 Pindra

- Harishankar Patti284 people
- Patti Jaman Payagpur283 people
- Dayalipur282 people
- Bharthipur280 people
- Kamapur276 people
- Saira276 people
- Sonbarsha261 people
- Taridih259 people

[All 431 villages in Pindra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/pindra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chak Machhiya?280 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Machhiya in?Varanasi district (Pindra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Machhiya?78.5% (Census 2011)