# Mathura Village, Amdanga – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mathura

Mathura is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,899 people in 453 households**, the 48th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 1,899people (2011)
- 453households
- 90.5%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mathura

Of every 100 households in Mathura in 2011, 87 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mathura · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**18%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****91%**

**50%

Television ****43%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mathura?

■ Mathura · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.5%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1244**

**969

Working population ****36.5%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 86.4% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 189 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 228 (33%) · **■** Other work 273 (39%) · **■** Marginal 3 (0%)

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 Amdanga

- Rautara1,983 people
- Chandigor1,974 people
- Harapur1,969 people
- Jirat1,941 people
- Atghara1,791 people
- Shrirampur1,743 people
- Gajbanda1,713 people
- Chankia1,658 people

[All 80 villages in Amdanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/amdanga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mathura?1,899 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mathura in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mathura?90.5% (Census 2011)