# Matta Village, Kishtwar, Kishtwar (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Kishtwar, Kishtwar 

# Matta

Matta is a village in Kishtwar sub-district of Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **182206**. The 2011 Census counted **3,114 people in 660 households**, the 11th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.9%.

- 3,114people (2011)
- 660households
- 82.7%literacy
- 182206PIN code

## Matta PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Matta is 182206.** Matta falls in Kishtwar sub-district, Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code182206
- Gram panchayatMatta
- Community development blockKishtwar
- Census village code004668

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

## How far is Matta from nearby towns?

- Kishtwar (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Kishtwar (district HQ)5 km by road
- Kishtwar (nearest town)5 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 Matta?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Matta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kishtwar
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kishtwar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kishtwar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 12 h winter

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 Matta known for?

The main crops are **wheat, maize and barley**. Products made here include nil, nil, nil, nil, nil and nil. About 28% of the 421 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Matta

Of every 100 households in Matta in 2011, 98 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 62 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Matta · ■ Kishtwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**75%

Tap water ****99%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****62%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****31%**

**88%

Use banking services ****92%**

**80%

Television ****90%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Matta?

■ Matta · ■ Kishtwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.7%**

**56.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1001**

**925

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**923

Working population ****27.4%**

**35.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 71.8% for women. 41% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (2%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 592 (69%) · **■** Marginal 227 (27%)

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 Kishtwar

- Filler3,802 people
- Trigam3,762 people
- Keshwan3,709 people
- Lach Dayaram3,500 people
- Bhagna2,663 people
- Cher Jee2,233 people
- Balgran2,223 people
- Tatani2,155 people

[All 84 villages in Kishtwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kishtwar/kishtwar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Matta?182206
- How far is Matta from Kishtwar?5 km by road
- What is the population of Matta?3,114 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matta in?Kishtwar district (Kishtwar sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Matta?82.7% (Census 2011)
