# Matkota Village, Jogapatti, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Jogapatti, Pashchim Champaran 

# Matkota

Matkota is a village in Jogapatti sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845452**. The 2011 Census counted **2,088 people in 383 households**, the 43rd largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 51.0%.

- 2,088people (2011)
- 383households
- 43.3%literacy
- 845452PIN code

## Matkota PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Matkota is 845452.** Matkota falls in Jogapatti sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- PIN code845452
- Gram panchayatFatehpur, Machhar Ganw
- Community development blockJogapatti
- Census village code217063

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Matkota from nearby towns?

- Jogapatti (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)15 km by road
- Bettiah (nearest town)16 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Matkota?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Matkota; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Lachhmipur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Matkota known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 96% of the 334 hectares of village land is sown, and 98 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Matkota

Of every 100 households in Matkota in 2011, 1 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Matkota · ■ Jogapatti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**90%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**98%

Use banking services ****8%**

**36%

Television ****9%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**16%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Matkota?

■ Matkota · ■ Jogapatti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.3%**

**51.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**900

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1094**

**957

Working population ****27.9%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.3% for men and 34.8% for women. 46% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 111 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 178 (31%) · **■** Other work 71 (12%) · **■** Marginal 223 (38%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jogapatti

- Belbanwa2,154 people
- Siswa Bhuinhar2,139 people
- Khairatia2,133 people
- Baldiha2,115 people
- Rampurwa2,077 people
- Dihi1,995 people
- Mathia Rusulpur1,928 people
- Semri Bhawanipur1,889 people

[All 105 villages in Jogapatti](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/jogapatti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Matkota?845452
- How far is Matkota from Bettiah?15 km by road
- What is the population of Matkota?2,088 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matkota in?Pashchim Champaran district (Jogapatti sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Matkota?43.3% (Census 2011)