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Matipur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Matipur is a medium size village located in Hura Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 367 families residing. The Matipur village has population of 1914 of which 940 are males while 974 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matipur village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 11.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matipur village is 1036 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Matipur as per census is 964, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Matipur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Matipur village was 72.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Matipur Male literacy stands at 82.99 % while female literacy rate was 61.82 %.

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

Matipur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 367 - -
Population 1,914 940 974
Child (0-6) 218 111 107
Schedule Caste 78 34 44
Schedule Tribe 1,234 601 633
Literacy 72.17 % 82.99 % 61.82 %
Total Workers 980 520 460
Main Worker 195 - -
Marginal Worker 785 361 424

Caste Factor

In Matipur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.47 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.08 % of total population in Matipur village.

Work Profile

In Matipur village out of total population, 980 were engaged in work activities. 19.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 980 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.