# Matigarahat Village, Matigara, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Matigara, Darjiling 

# Matigarahat

Matigarahat is a village in Matigara sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,710 people in 894 households**, the 9th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 4,710people (2011)
- 894households
- 68.6%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matigarahat

Of every 100 households in Matigarahat in 2011, 81 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 33 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Matigarahat · ■ Matigara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**36%

Tap water ****39%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**59%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****33%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**71%

Use banking services ****54%**

**52%

Television ****60%**

**55%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**4%

None of these assets ****20%**

**12%

Own their home ****80%**

**82%

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 Matigarahat?

■ Matigarahat · ■ Matigara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**992

Working population ****36.8%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 61.6% for women. 54% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (2%) · **■** Household industry 24 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,430 (83%) · **■** Marginal 232 (13%)

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 Matigara

- Kalam5,664 people
- Khopalasi5,284 people
- Panchanai5,105 people
- Baniakhari5,088 people
- Daknikata4,497 people
- Palash4,204 people
- Gaurcharan4,124 people
- Khaprail4,004 people

[All 72 villages in Matigara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/matigara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matigarahat?4,710 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matigarahat in?Darjiling district (Matigara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matigarahat?68.6% (Census 2011)