Matira Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Matira is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 147 families residing. The Matira village has population of 757 of which 381 are males while 376 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matira village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 11.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matira village is 987 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Matira as per census is 1095, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Matira village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Matira village was 59.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Matira Male literacy stands at 80.53 % while female literacy rate was 37.58 %.

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

Matira Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	147	-	-
Population	757	381	376
Child (0-6)	88	42	46
Schedule Caste	488	243	245
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	59.34 %	80.53 %	37.58 %
Total Workers	260	204	56
Main Worker	113	-	-
Marginal Worker	147	97	50

Caste Factor

In Matira village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 64.46 % of total population in Matira village. The village Matira currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Matira village out of total population, 260 were engaged in work activities. 43.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 260 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.