# Matikomra Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Matikomra

Matikomra is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,193 people in 525 households**, the 49th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 2,193people (2011)
- 525households
- 83.4%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matikomra

Of every 100 households in Matikomra in 2011, 62 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Matikomra · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**3%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****36%**

**47%

Television ****33%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****23%**

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Matikomra?

■ Matikomra · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.4%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1183**

**965

Working population ****34.5%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 80.0% for women. 62% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 232 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (21%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 259 (34%) · **■** Marginal 81 (11%)

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 Gaighata

- Gadadharpur2,380 people
- Tili2,357 people
- Shripur2,302 people
- Jaytara2,228 people
- Gutri2,141 people
- Bharadanga2,127 people
- Maraldanga2,039 people
- Singjol2,035 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matikomra?2,193 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matikomra in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matikomra?83.4% (Census 2011)