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Matenar Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Matenar is a medium size village located in Dantewada Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 340 families residing. The Matenar village has population of 1516 of which 699 are males while 817 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matenar village population of children with age 0-6 is 256 which makes up 16.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matenar village is 1169 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Matenar as per census is 1246, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Matenar village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Matenar village was 31.19 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Matenar Male literacy stands at 44.96 % while female literacy rate was 19.26 %.

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

Matenar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 340 - -
Population 1,516 699 817
Child (0-6) 256 114 142
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,373 627 746
Literacy 31.19 % 44.96 % 19.26 %
Total Workers 926 422 504
Main Worker 406 - -
Marginal Worker 520 89 431

Caste Factor

In Matenar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.57 % of total population in Matenar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Matenar village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Matenar village out of total population, 926 were engaged in work activities. 43.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 926 workers engaged in Main Work, 307 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.