# Bara Matkatpur Village, Narayangarh – Population & Literacy

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Village · Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bara Matkatpur

Bara Matkatpur is a village in Narayangarh sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,800 people in 850 households**, the 2nd largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 3,800people (2011)
- 850households
- 83.8%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Matkatpur

Of every 100 households in Bara Matkatpur in 2011, 53 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bara Matkatpur · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**44%

Tap water ****18%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**96%

Use banking services ****58%**

**61%

Television ****33%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**17%

Own their home ****84%**

**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 Bara Matkatpur?

■ Bara Matkatpur · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.8%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**942

Working population ****41.9%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 77.6% for women. 60% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 150 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 271 (17%) · **■** Household industry 32 (2%) · **■** Other work 665 (42%) · **■** Marginal 475 (30%)

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 Narayangarh

- Bahurupa5,071 people
- Handla3,779 people
- Kasba Narayangar3,627 people
- Duria3,606 people
- Mahammadpur3,278 people

[All 516 villages in Narayangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/narayangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Matkatpur?3,800 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Matkatpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Narayangarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Matkatpur?83.8% (Census 2011)