# Matapur Village, Chakulia, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Chakulia, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Matapur

Matapur is a village in Chakulia sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **564 people in 127 households**, the 72nd largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 564people (2011)
- 127households
- 60.8%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Matapur PIN code and other codes

Matapur falls in Chakulia sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatKuchiyasoli
- Community development blockChakulia
- Census village code364370

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

## How far is Matapur from nearby towns?

- Chakulia (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Jamshedpur (district HQ)83 km by road
- Chakulia (nearest town)3 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 Matapur?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Matapur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Madhupur
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chakulia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Adityapur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 10 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 Matapur known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 48% of the 111 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Matapur

Of every 100 households in Matapur in 2011, 91 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matapur · ■ Chakulia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****3%**

**47%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****2%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Matapur?

■ Matapur · ■ Chakulia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****783**

**959

Working population ****40.4%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.6% for men and 49.0% for women. 53% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Household industry 42 (18%) · **■** Other work 86 (38%) · **■** Marginal 100 (44%)

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 Chakulia

- Domro573 people
- Bankshol572 people
- Kalajhariya571 people
- Jhariya568 people
- Bartolya558 people
- Luyagan552 people
- Dakui538 people
- Kantabani538 people

[All 269 villages in Chakulia](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/chakulia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Matapur from Jamshedpur?83 km by road
- What is the population of Matapur?564 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matapur in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Chakulia sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Matapur?60.8% (Census 2011)