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Matu Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Matu is a medium size village located in Deesa Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 260 families residing. The Matu village has population of 1501 of which 792 are males while 709 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matu village population of children with age 0-6 is 249 which makes up 16.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matu village is 895 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Matu as per census is 791, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Matu village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Matu village was 68.21 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Matu Male literacy stands at 81.01 % while female literacy rate was 54.26 %.

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

Matu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 260 - -
Population 1,501 792 709
Child (0-6) 249 139 110
Schedule Caste 36 22 14
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.21 % 81.01 % 54.26 %
Total Workers 511 345 166
Main Worker 322 - -
Marginal Worker 189 37 152

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.40 % of total population in Matu village. The village Matu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Matu village out of total population, 511 were engaged in work activities. 63.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 511 workers engaged in Main Work, 280 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.