# Matha Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Matha

Matha is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,446 people in 478 households**, the 12th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,446people (2011)
- 478households
- 66.6%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matha

Of every 100 households in Matha in 2011, 12 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matha · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**88%

Use banking services ****27%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Matha?

■ Matha · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**969

Working population ****57.0%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 52.6% for women. 57% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 182 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 287 (21%) · **■** Household industry 6 (0%) · **■** Other work 90 (6%) · **■** Marginal 828 (59%)

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 Puncha

- Kuruktopa2,964 people
- Laulara2,743 people
- Bansa2,696 people
- Penchara2,614 people
- Deorang2,379 people
- Bagda2,370 people
- Damodarpur2,303 people
- Kaira2,249 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matha?2,446 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matha in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matha?66.6% (Census 2011)