# Matkumdi Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Matkumdi

Matkumdi is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **745 people in 158 households**, the 70th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 745people (2011)
- 158households
- 56.3%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matkumdi

Of every 100 households in Matkumdi in 2011, 30 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matkumdi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****44%**

**44%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Matkumdi?

■ Matkumdi · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.3%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**934

Working population ****28.3%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 40.9% for women. 46% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 53 (25%) · **■** Marginal 142 (67%)

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 Purulia - I

- Sundradi801 people
- Balia Pathar798 people
- Tangida753 people
- Kantasiari750 people
- Phatepur736 people
- Ralibari735 people
- Keshargarya720 people
- Akarbad689 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matkumdi?745 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matkumdi in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matkumdi?56.3% (Census 2011)