# Mathurapur Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mathurapur

Mathurapur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **840 people in 202 households**, the 132nd largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 840people (2011)
- 202households
- 77.4%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mathurapur

Of every 100 households in Mathurapur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mathurapur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**92%

Use banking services ****17%**

**38%

Television ****15%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****38%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Mathurapur?

■ Mathurapur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**79.7%

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

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1270**

**962

Working population ****33.9%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 69.6% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 188 (66%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 29 (10%) · **■** Marginal 13 (5%)

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 Bongaon

- Sabhaipur Chak918 people
- Chatrabagi910 people
- Uttar Kanakpur898 people
- Chitrangapur875 people
- Kulpukuria833 people
- Uttar Sundarpur796 people
- Chauberia Chak794 people
- Kalyanpur790 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mathurapur?840 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mathurapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mathurapur?77.4% (Census 2011)