# Matihara Village, Lalganj, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Lalganj, Mirzapur 

# Matihara

Matihara is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,976 people in 299 households**, the 41st largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.4%.

- 1,976people (2011)
- 299households
- 57.6%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matihara

Of every 100 households in Matihara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Matihara · ■ Lalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**91%

Tap water ****5%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**16%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****98%**

**75%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

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 Matihara?

■ Matihara · ■ Lalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**60.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**908

Working population ****38.8%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 44.3% for women. 47% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 74 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 18 (2%) · **■** Marginal 659 (86%)

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 Lalganj

- Patar Kalan2,113 people
- Bedaur2,081 people
- Kharihat Kalan2,022 people
- Baidha2,008 people
- Chak Kotar1,966 people
- Garbar1,962 people
- Ahungi Khurd1,928 people
- Guragi1,928 people

[All 431 villages in Lalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/lalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matihara?1,976 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matihara in?Mirzapur district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Matihara?57.6% (Census 2011)