Matwa Population - Dohad, Gujarat

Matwa is a large village located in Garbada Taluka of Dohad district, Gujarat with total 745 families residing. The Matwa village has population of 5506 of which 2763 are males while 2743 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 1273 which makes up 23.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matwa village is 993 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Matwa as per census is 971, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Matwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Matwa village was 54.48 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Matwa Male literacy stands at 68.02 % while female literacy rate was 40.93 %.

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

Matwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	745	-	-
Population	5,506	2,763	2,743
Child (0-6)	1,273	646	627
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	5,496	2,758	2,738
Literacy	54.48 %	68.02 %	40.93 %
Total Workers	2,679	1,342	1,337
Main Worker	1,904	-	-
Marginal Worker	775	172	603

Caste Factor

In Matwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.82 % of total population in Matwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Matwa village of Dohad.

Work Profile

In Matwa village out of total population, 2679 were engaged in work activities. 71.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2679 workers engaged in Main Work, 1199 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 598 were Agricultural labourer.