# Matkuma Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Matkuma

Matkuma is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,465 people in 447 households**, the 12th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 2,465people (2011)
- 447households
- 42.5%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matkuma

Of every 100 households in Matkuma in 2011, 22 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matkuma · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****26%**

**80%

Use banking services ****5%**

**30%

Television ****6%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**35%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

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 Matkuma?

■ Matkuma · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.5%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**973

Working population ****52.9%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.6% for men and 24.0% for women. 57% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (1%) · **■** Household industry 623 (48%) · **■** Other work 18 (1%) · **■** Marginal 583 (45%)

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 Jhalda - II

- Bamania2,785 people
- Buruhara Alias Majhidi2,753 people
- Murguma2,749 people
- Dimu2,471 people
- Durgu2,462 people
- Rigid2,312 people
- Jiudaru2,232 people
- Mutukura2,185 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matkuma?2,465 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matkuma in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matkuma?42.5% (Census 2011)