# Matiara Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Matiara

Matiara is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **638 people in 99 households**, the 186th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 638people (2011)
- 99households
- 67.6%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matiara

Of every 100 households in Matiara in 2011, 21 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Matiara · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****100%**

**83%

Television ****11%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**8%

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 Matiara?

■ Matiara · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**902

Working population ****21.9%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 51.8% for women. 35% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 15 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (61%) · **■** Other work 7 (5%) · **■** Marginal 32 (23%)

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 Sahjanwa

- Gadar662 people
- Bishunpur645 people
- Ekdanga644 people
- Kusmhi640 people
- Madhopur635 people
- Siruapar629 people
- Pakri628 people
- Todwa Khurd610 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matiara?638 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matiara in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Matiara?67.6% (Census 2011)