# Machatora Village, Simlapal, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Simlapal, Bankura 

# Machatora

Machatora is a village in Simlapal sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **667 people in 129 households**, the 76th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 667people (2011)
- 129households
- 72.1%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Machatora

Of every 100 households in Machatora in 2011, 56 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Machatora · ■ Simlapal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**90%

Tap water ****24%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****100%**

**52%

Television ****33%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Machatora?

■ Machatora · ■ Simlapal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****732**

**960

Working population ****44.2%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 58.0% for women. 52% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (3%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 42 (14%) · **■** Marginal 196 (66%)

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 Simlapal

- Baurisol685 people
- Bandiara683 people
- Jamda681 people
- Balaram Pur671 people
- Kaniabali665 people
- Jirabaid660 people
- Uparsol644 people
- Sovarajpur636 people

[All 202 villages in Simlapal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/simlapal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Machatora?667 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Machatora in?Bankura district (Simlapal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Machatora?72.1% (Census 2011)