# Matiara Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Matiara

Matiara is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,089 people in 258 households**, the 57th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,089people (2011)
- 258households
- 65.7%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matiara

Of every 100 households in Matiara in 2011, 20 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matiara · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****38%**

**57%

Television ****39%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Matiara?

■ Matiara · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**961

Working population ****50.0%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 57.4% for women. 61% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (26%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 25 (5%) · **■** Marginal 254 (47%)

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 Sainthia

- Uttar Tilpara1,113 people
- Kusumdihi1,111 people
- Harishkopa1,099 people
- Neturi1,092 people
- Indira1,070 people
- Lebra1,054 people
- Akudihi1,049 people
- Bhandhura1,002 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matiara?1,089 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matiara in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matiara?65.7% (Census 2011)