# Mathurakhanda Village, Gosaba – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mathurakhanda

Mathurakhanda is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,826 people in 935 households**, the 32nd largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 3,826people (2011)
- 935households
- 69.7%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mathurakhanda

Of every 100 households in Mathurakhanda in 2011, 1 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mathurakhanda · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**23%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****46%**

**35%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****60%**

**51%

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 Mathurakhanda?

■ Mathurakhanda · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1042**

**981

Working population ****33.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 60.9% for women. 56% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 162 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 490 (38%) · **■** Household industry 6 (0%) · **■** Other work 74 (6%) · **■** Marginal 543 (43%)

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 Gosaba

- Baramollakhali4,127 people
- Kamarpara4,091 people
- Hetalbari3,975 people
- Pakhiralay3,946 people
- Biprodaspur3,799 people
- Hamilton Abad3,761 people
- Uttar Danga3,673 people
- Rangabalia3,620 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mathurakhanda?3,826 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mathurakhanda in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mathurakhanda?69.7% (Census 2011)