Matayan Population - Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

Matayan is a medium size village located in Kargil Tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 62 families residing. The Matayan village has population of 500 of which 247 are males while 253 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matayan village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 17.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matayan village is 1024 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Matayan as per census is 1282, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Matayan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Matayan village was 65.69 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Matayan Male literacy stands at 80.77 % while female literacy rate was 50.25 %.

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

Matayan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	62	-	-
Population	500	247	253
Child (0-6)	89	39	50
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	497	245	252
Literacy	65.69 %	80.77 %	50.25 %
Total Workers	106	94	12
Main Worker	49	-	-
Marginal Worker	57	53	4

Caste Factor

In Matayan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.40 % of total population in Matayan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Matayan village of Kargil.

Work Profile

In Matayan village out of total population, 106 were engaged in work activities. 46.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 106 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.