# Matmahula Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Matmahula

Matmahula is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,453 people in 327 households**, the 35th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,453people (2011)
- 327households
- 63.1%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matmahula

Of every 100 households in Matmahula in 2011, 61 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matmahula · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****11%**

**55%

Television ****33%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****11%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Matmahula?

■ Matmahula · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1120**

**975

Working population ****46.0%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 57.1% for women. 63% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 149 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 197 (29%) · **■** Household industry 32 (5%) · **■** Other work 52 (8%) · **■** Marginal 239 (36%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Dangal1,622 people
- Mahula1,589 people
- Nandura1,583 people
- Rukunpur1,515 people
- Katigram1,448 people
- Amba1,430 people
- Pathai1,348 people
- Gourbazar1,312 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matmahula?1,453 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matmahula in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matmahula?63.1% (Census 2011)