# Matikona Village, Illambazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Illambazar, Birbhum 

# Matikona

Matikona is a village in Illambazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,559 people in 530 households**, the 16th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 2,559people (2011)
- 530households
- 84.5%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matikona

Of every 100 households in Matikona in 2011, 7 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matikona · ■ Illambazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**16%

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

**2%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****85%**

**42%

Television ****4%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**27%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

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 Matikona?

■ Matikona · ■ Illambazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**947

Working population ****31.3%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 80.1% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 89 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 116 (14%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 183 (23%) · **■** Marginal 405 (51%)

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 Illambazar

- Bhabanipur2,780 people
- Mangaldihi2,668 people
- Naoga2,617 people
- Bharatpur2,595 people
- Tikarbeta2,552 people
- Beloa2,515 people
- Chhatar Bandi2,415 people
- Hansra2,386 people

[All 133 villages in Illambazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/illambazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matikona?2,559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matikona in?Birbhum district (Illambazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matikona?84.5% (Census 2011)