# Matais Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Matais

Matais is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,392 people in 328 households**, the 19th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 1,392people (2011)
- 328households
- 65.2%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matais

Of every 100 households in Matais in 2011, 34 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matais · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**54%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**86%

Use banking services ****16%**

**36%

Television ****19%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**32%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Matais?

■ Matais · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1061**

**966

Working population ****44.0%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 56.7% for women. 59% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 257 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (13%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 66 (11%) · **■** Marginal 192 (31%)

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 Hilli

- Iswarpara1,466 people
- Dhalpara1,438 people
- Kharun1,420 people
- Mahishnota1,413 people
- Srirampur1,375 people
- Agra1,365 people
- Maniko1,354 people
- Jotghatak1,343 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matais?1,392 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matais in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matais?65.2% (Census 2011)