# Matalsol Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Matalsol

Matalsol is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **414 people in 103 households**, the 150th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 414people (2011)
- 103households
- 82.1%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matalsol

Of every 100 households in Matalsol in 2011, 19 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matalsol · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****28%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Matalsol?

■ Matalsol · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.1%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****645**

**979

Working population ****35.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 75.4% for women. 58% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (18%) · **■** Household industry 13 (9%) · **■** Other work 13 (9%) · **■** Marginal 67 (46%)

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 Jhargram

- Karia419 people
- Dhera Gerya417 people
- Sankarbani417 people
- Birbhanpur416 people
- Nischintapur411 people
- Dhengam407 people
- Pindra398 people
- Shugnibasa397 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matalsol?414 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matalsol in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matalsol?82.1% (Census 2011)