# Matijapur Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Matijapur

Matijapur is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **830 people in 182 households**, the 81st largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 830people (2011)
- 182households
- 62.1%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matijapur

Of every 100 households in Matijapur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Matijapur · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**14%

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

**3%

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

**77%

Use banking services ****22%**

**51%

Television ****13%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Matijapur?

■ Matijapur · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.1%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**980

Working population ****38.7%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 41.5% for women. 63% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 113 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 138 (43%) · **■** Other work 40 (12%) · **■** Marginal 30 (9%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Baraban867 people
- Elema845 people
- Durllabhpur838 people
- Rajganja831 people
- Murgatala828 people
- Paratpur822 people
- Bhabanipur820 people
- Kalyanpur800 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matijapur?830 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matijapur in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matijapur?62.1% (Census 2011)