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Matanga Population - Baksa, Assam

Matanga is a medium size village located in Barnagar Circle of Baksa district, Assam with total 372 families residing. The Matanga village has population of 1734 of which 922 are males while 812 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 292 which makes up 16.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matanga village is 881 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Matanga as per census is 738, lower than Assam average of 962.

Matanga village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Matanga village was 65.60 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Matanga Male literacy stands at 72.15 % while female literacy rate was 58.43 %.

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

Matanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 372 - -
Population 1,734 922 812
Child (0-6) 292 168 124
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 454 230 224
Literacy 65.60 % 72.15 % 58.43 %
Total Workers 940 596 344
Main Worker 650 - -
Marginal Worker 290 179 111

Caste Factor

Matanga village of Baksa has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 26.18 % of total population in Matanga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Matanga village of Baksa.

Work Profile

In Matanga village out of total population, 940 were engaged in work activities. 69.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 940 workers engaged in Main Work, 404 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.