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Matkuma Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Matkuma is a large village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 447 families residing. The Matkuma village has population of 2465 of which 1220 are males while 1245 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matkuma village population of children with age 0-6 is 551 which makes up 22.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matkuma village is 1020 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Matkuma as per census is 989, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Matkuma village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Matkuma village was 42.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Matkuma Male literacy stands at 61.61 % while female literacy rate was 24.00 %.

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

Matkuma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 447 - -
Population 2,465 1,220 1,245
Child (0-6) 551 277 274
Schedule Caste 8 5 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 42.53 % 61.61 % 24.00 %
Total Workers 1,303 698 605
Main Worker 720 - -
Marginal Worker 583 173 410

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.32 % of total population in Matkuma village. The village Matkuma currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Matkuma village out of total population, 1303 were engaged in work activities. 55.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1303 workers engaged in Main Work, 69 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.