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Matihana Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Matihana is a medium size village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 64 families residing. The Matihana village has population of 365 of which 188 are males while 177 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matihana village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 6.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matihana village is 941 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Matihana as per census is 438, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Matihana village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Matihana village was 59.94 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Matihana Male literacy stands at 73.84 % while female literacy rate was 45.88 %.

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

Matihana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 64 - -
Population 365 188 177
Child (0-6) 23 16 7
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.94 % 73.84 % 45.88 %
Total Workers 238 119 119
Main Worker 115 - -
Marginal Worker 123 10 113

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Matihana village of Paschim Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Matihana village out of total population, 238 were engaged in work activities. 48.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 238 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 101 were Agricultural labourer.