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Matua Population - Gaya, Bihar

Matua is a medium size village located in Gurua Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 237 families residing. The Matua village has population of 1405 of which 752 are males while 653 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matua village population of children with age 0-6 is 275 which makes up 19.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matua village is 868 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Matua as per census is 833, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Matua village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Matua village was 64.16 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Matua Male literacy stands at 75.25 % while female literacy rate was 51.52 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Matua village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Matua village.

Matua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 237 - -
Population 1,405 752 653
Child (0-6) 275 150 125
Schedule Caste 593 321 272
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.16 % 75.25 % 51.52 %
Total Workers 506 305 201
Main Worker 401 - -
Marginal Worker 105 8 97

Caste Factor

In Matua village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.21 % of total population in Matua village. The village Matua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Matua village out of total population, 506 were engaged in work activities. 79.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 506 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 309 were Agricultural labourer.