# Matghana Village, Ater, Bhind (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Ater, Bhind 

# Matghana

Matghana is a village in Ater sub-district of Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,427 people in 226 households**, the 38th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.1%.

- 1,427people (2011)
- 226households
- 90.4%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Matghana PIN code and other codes

Matghana falls in Ater sub-district, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAter
- Census village code452861

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

## How far is Matghana from nearby towns?

- Ater (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Bhind (district HQ)16 km by road
- Bhind (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 Matghana?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Matghana; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Phoop
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gwalior
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Matghana known for?

The main crops are **bajra, wheat and sarso**. About 69% of the 481 hectares of village land is sown, and 167 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 Matghana

Of every 100 households in Matghana in 2011, 52 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 94 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Matghana · ■ Ater rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**10%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****92%**

**30%

Television ****18%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****94%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**23%

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 Matghana?

■ Matghana · ■ Ater rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.4%**

**77.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**849

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**847

Working population ****27.8%**

**30.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 88.3% for women. 51% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 380 (96%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Ater

- Chitawali1,482 people
- Kamai1,475 people
- Niwari1,462 people
- Bijora1,443 people
- Gader1,402 people
- Nawali Brindawan1,387 people
- Khaderi1,368 people
- Maghora1,292 people

[All 106 villages in Ater](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/bhind/ater/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Matghana from Bhind?16 km by road
- What is the population of Matghana?1,427 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matghana in?Bhind district (Ater sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Matghana?90.4% (Census 2011)