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Matihani Population - Purnia, Bihar

Matihani is a large village located in Barhara Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 1435 families residing. The Matihani village has population of 6790 of which 3516 are males while 3274 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matihani village population of children with age 0-6 is 1516 which makes up 22.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matihani village is 931 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Matihani as per census is 917, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Matihani village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Matihani village was 51.52 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Matihani Male literacy stands at 56.22 % while female literacy rate was 46.49 %.

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

Matihani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,435 - -
Population 6,790 3,516 3,274
Child (0-6) 1,516 791 725
Schedule Caste 805 405 400
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.52 % 56.22 % 46.49 %
Total Workers 2,303 1,683 620
Main Worker 1,725 - -
Marginal Worker 578 342 236

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.86 % of total population in Matihani village. The village Matihani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Matihani village out of total population, 2303 were engaged in work activities. 74.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2303 workers engaged in Main Work, 577 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1081 were Agricultural labourer.