Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum
# Matku

Matku is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code 832107. The 2011 Census counted 2,421 people in 491 households, the 8th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.
- 2,421 people (2011)
- 491 households
- 60.6% literacy
- 832107 PIN code

## Matku PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Matku is 832107. Matku falls in Potka sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.
- PIN code 832107
- Gram panchayat Matku
- Community development block Potka
- Census village code 363657

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Matku from nearby towns?
- Jamshedpur (district HQ) 18 km by road
- Jugsalai (nearest town) 16 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Matku?

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

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Kemu
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM under 5 km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 5 h summer · 5 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Matku known for?

The main crops are rice. About 49% of the 516 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Matku

Of every 100 households in Matku in 2011, 87 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Matku · ■ Potka rural average
- Electricity for lighting 87% 72%
- Toilet within the home 4% 8%
- No toilet (open defecation) 96% 92%
- Tap water 0% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 3% 9%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 72% 83%
- Use banking services 29% 34%
- Television 20% 21%
- Mobile phone 30% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 13% 13%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 18% 16%
- Own their home 99% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Matku?

■ Matku · ■ Potka rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 60.6% 63.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1041 999
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1087 949
- Working population 38.1% 40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 49.7% for women. 53% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 68 (7%) · ■ Farm labourers 150 (16%) · ■ Household industry 11 (1%) · ■ Other work 402 (44%) · ■ Marginal 292 (32%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Potka
- Manpur 3,030 people
- Domjuri 2,995 people
- Juri 2,846 people
- Rasunchapa 2,640 people
- Dhirol 2,385 people
- Bango 2,311 people
- Hatibinda 2,094 people
- Bhatin 2,000 people

All 291 villages in Potka

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Matku? 832107
- How far is Matku from Jamshedpur? 18 km by road
- What is the population of Matku? 2,421 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matku in? Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Matku? 60.6% (Census 2011)

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