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Matra Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Matra is a medium size village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 78 families residing. The Matra village has population of 295 of which 162 are males while 133 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matra village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 8.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matra village is 821 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Matra as per census is 300, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Matra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Matra village was 92.19 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Matra Male literacy stands at 95.77 % while female literacy rate was 88.19 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Matra 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 Matra village.

Matra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 78 - -
Population 295 162 133
Child (0-6) 26 20 6
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.19 % 95.77 % 88.19 %
Total Workers 142 108 34
Main Worker 104 - -
Marginal Worker 38 7 31

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Matra village of Dakshin Dinajpur district.

Work Profile

In Matra village out of total population, 142 were engaged in work activities. 73.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 142 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.