# Matgaran Village, Basanti – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Matgaran

Matgaran is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,308 people in 478 households**, the 49th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,308people (2011)
- 478households
- 81.7%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matgaran

Of every 100 households in Matgaran in 2011, 1 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Matgaran · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**0%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****17%**

**18%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**46%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Matgaran?

■ Matgaran · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**971

Working population ****28.5%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 74.7% for women. 51% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 60 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 179 (27%) · **■** Other work 77 (12%) · **■** Marginal 342 (52%)

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 Basanti

- Parandar2,693 people
- Kumirmari2,644 people
- Laskarpur2,600 people
- Charanikhali2,316 people
- Krishnagar2,237 people
- Sibganj2,226 people
- Ramkrishnapur2,176 people
- Mahespur2,129 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matgaran?2,308 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matgaran in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matgaran?81.7% (Census 2011)