# Matkopa Village, Kasba, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kasba, Purnia 

# Matkopa

Matkopa is a village in Kasba sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **5,417 people in 1,042 households**, the 7th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 46.7%.

- 5,417people (2011)
- 1,042households
- 53.5%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Matkopa PIN code and other codes

Matkopa falls in Kasba sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGurhi
- Community development blockKasba
- Census village code223549

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

## How far is Matkopa from nearby towns?

- Kasba (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)19 km by road
- Kasba (nearest town)10 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 Matkopa?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Matkopa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Garbnaili
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kasba
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 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 Matkopa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 72% of the 558 hectares of village land is sown, and 285 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 Matkopa

Of every 100 households in Matkopa in 2011, 8 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Matkopa · ■ Kasba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**89%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****14%**

**19%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**30%

Own their home ****93%**

**98%

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 Matkopa?

■ Matkopa · ■ Kasba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.5%**

**46.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**965

Working population ****25.8%**

**31.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.7% for men and 44.7% for women. 43% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 250 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 284 (20%) · **■** Other work 73 (5%) · **■** Marginal 789 (57%)

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 Kasba

- Mohani6,900 people
- Sabdalpur6,875 people
- Dabaili Biswaspur6,375 people
- Banaili6,026 people
- Betauna5,337 people
- Kula Khas4,984 people
- Baraitha4,744 people
- Sadhauli4,434 people

[All 61 villages in Kasba](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/kasba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Matkopa from Purnia?19 km by road
- What is the population of Matkopa?5,417 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matkopa in?Purnia district (Kasba sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Matkopa?53.5% (Census 2011)