# Matirampur Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Matirampur

Matirampur is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,647 people in 323 households**, the 37th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,647people (2011)
- 323households
- 78.1%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matirampur

Of every 100 households in Matirampur in 2011, 47 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matirampur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****29%**

**36%

Television ****13%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**21%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Matirampur?

■ Matirampur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**943

Working population ****29.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 73.3% for women. 55% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (6%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 154 (31%) · **■** Marginal 202 (41%)

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 Potashpur - II

- Baman Bar1,733 people
- Jabda1,709 people
- Madanmohanpur1,676 people
- Sianri1,652 people
- Baharda1,591 people
- Baraudaypur1,551 people
- Babuidanri1,502 people
- Krishnapur1,456 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matirampur?1,647 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matirampur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matirampur?78.1% (Census 2011)