# Matihara Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Matihara

Matihara is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,291 people in 298 households**, the 108th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,291people (2011)
- 298households
- 71.7%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matihara

Of every 100 households in Matihara in 2011, 15 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Matihara · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****52%**

**38%

Television ****11%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**22%

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 Matihara?

■ Matihara · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**962

Working population ****34.4%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 68.5% for women. 62% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 141 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 207 (47%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 21 (5%) · **■** Marginal 67 (15%)

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

- Belgaria1,376 people
- Dhoramari1,333 people
- Alakulipur1,330 people
- Huda Bishnupur1,293 people
- Byaspur1,290 people
- Rautara1,279 people
- Ballabhpur1,268 people
- Ganeshpur1,256 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 Matihara?1,291 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matihara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matihara?71.7% (Census 2011)