# Matha Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Matha

Matha is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **624 people in 148 households**, the 70th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 624people (2011)
- 148households
- 69.2%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matha

Of every 100 households in Matha in 2011, 26 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matha · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**91%

Tap water ****14%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****31%**

**30%

Television ****15%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**27%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Matha?

■ Matha · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****784**

**951

Working population ****48.9%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 48.0% for women. 57% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (6%) · **■** Other work 39 (13%) · **■** Marginal 241 (79%)

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 Bagmundi

- Saldabar689 people
- Pardi683 people
- Peretorang660 people
- Pratappur629 people
- Rangamati597 people
- Burudi572 people
- Pitidiri567 people
- Mukurub541 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matha?624 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matha in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matha?69.2% (Census 2011)