# Matpalsha Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Matpalsha

Matpalsha is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,756 people in 899 households**, the 2nd largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 3,756people (2011)
- 899households
- 78.3%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matpalsha

Of every 100 households in Matpalsha in 2011, 15 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matpalsha · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**82%

Tap water ****38%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**85%

Use banking services ****72%**

**57%

Television ****7%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**33%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Matpalsha?

■ Matpalsha · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**961

Working population ****31.0%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 73.7% for women. 56% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 195 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 308 (26%) · **■** Household industry 38 (3%) · **■** Other work 354 (30%) · **■** Marginal 269 (23%)

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

- Amua4,398 people
- Kunuri3,217 people
- Uttar Sija3,181 people
- Rangaipur2,965 people
- Rasaipur2,861 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matpalsha?3,756 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matpalsha in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matpalsha?78.3% (Census 2011)