# Matakera Village, Biswanathpur, Kalahandi (Odisha) – PIN Code

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Village · Biswanathpur, Kalahandi 

# Matakera

Matakera is a village in Biswanathpur sub-district of Kalahandi district, Odisha, PIN code **766020**. The 2011 Census counted **429 people in 102 households**, the 10th largest of 120 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 45.2%.

- 429people (2011)
- 102households
- 54.2%literacy
- 766020PIN code

## Matakera PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Matakera is 766020.** Matakera falls in Biswanathpur sub-district, Kalahandi district, Odisha.

- PIN code766020
- Gram panchayatKankutru
- Community development blockLanjigarh
- Census village code423175

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

## How far is Matakera from nearby towns?

- Biswanathpur (sub-district HQ)21 km by road
- Bhawanipatna (district HQ)66 km by road
- Bhawanipatna (nearest town)66 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 Matakera?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Matakera; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Kankutru
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Biswanathapur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Biswanathapur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhawanipatana
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Matakera known for?

The main crops are **paddy and maize**. About 31% of the 199 hectares of village land is sown, and 62 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 Matakera

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

■ Matakera · ■ Biswanathpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****64%**

**40%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**12%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****57%**

**50%

Own their home ****100%**

**92%

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 Matakera?

■ Matakera · ■ Biswanathpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.2%**

**45.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**1059

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****590**

**975

Working population ****55.5%**

**49.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 34.8% for women. 53% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 37 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (28%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 129 (54%)

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 Biswanathpur

- Pokhari Bandha560 people
- Dhaurabhata529 people
- Kumkhal502 people
- Sindhipadar486 people
- Dangari422 people
- Kankutru391 people
- Paikbori377 people
- Kuburi373 people

[All 133 villages in Biswanathpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/kalahandi/biswanathpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Matakera?766020
- How far is Matakera from Bhawanipatna?66 km by road
- What is the population of Matakera?429 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matakera in?Kalahandi district (Biswanathpur sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Matakera?54.2% (Census 2011)