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Matva Population - Jamnagar, Gujarat

Matva is a medium size village located in Jamnagar Taluka of Jamnagar district, Gujarat with total 284 families residing. The Matva village has population of 1314 of which 673 are males while 641 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matva village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 8.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matva village is 952 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Matva as per census is 881, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Matva village has higher literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Matva village was 83.37 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Matva Male literacy stands at 92.02 % while female literacy rate was 74.36 %.

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

Matva Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 284 - -
Population 1,314 673 641
Child (0-6) 111 59 52
Schedule Caste 253 134 119
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.37 % 92.02 % 74.36 %
Total Workers 470 425 45
Main Worker 410 - -
Marginal Worker 60 36 24

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.25 % of total population in Matva village. The village Matva currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Matva village out of total population, 470 were engaged in work activities. 87.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 470 workers engaged in Main Work, 237 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.