Matail Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Matail is a medium size village located in Gazole Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 435 families residing. The Matail village has population of 1693 of which 798 are males while 895 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matail village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 12.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matail village is 1122 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Matail as per census is 1150, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Matail village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Matail village was 50.61 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Matail Male literacy stands at 61.89 % while female literacy rate was 40.51 %.

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

Matail Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	435	-	-
Population	1,693	798	895
Child (0-6)	215	100	115
Schedule Caste	683	328	355
Schedule Tribe	781	365	416
Literacy	50.61 %	61.89 %	40.51 %
Total Workers	617	428	189
Main Worker	552	-	-
Marginal Worker	65	20	45

Caste Factor

In Matail village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 46.13 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 40.34 % of total population in Matail village.

Work Profile

In Matail village out of total population, 617 were engaged in work activities. 89.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 617 workers engaged in Main Work, 172 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 299 were Agricultural labourer.