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Matra Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Matra is a medium size village located in Diamond Harbour - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 304 families residing. The Matra village has population of 1587 of which 811 are males while 776 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matra village population of children with age 0-6 is 307 which makes up 19.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matra village is 957 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Matra as per census is 919, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Matra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Matra village was 72.73 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Matra Male literacy stands at 77.73 % while female literacy rate was 67.57 %.

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 304 - -
Population 1,587 811 776
Child (0-6) 307 160 147
Schedule Caste 21 9 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.73 % 77.73 % 67.57 %
Total Workers 514 416 98
Main Worker 283 - -
Marginal Worker 231 172 59

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.32 % of total population in Matra village. The village Matra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Matra village out of total population, 514 were engaged in work activities. 55.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 514 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.