# Matilal Village, Mandirbazar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mandirbazar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Matilal

Matilal is a village in Mandirbazar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **220 people in 51 households**, the 106th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 220people (2011)
- 51households
- 87.9%literacy
- 789females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matilal

Of every 100 households in Matilal in 2011, 38 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matilal · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****38%**

**28%

Television ****22%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****51%**

**44%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Matilal?

■ Matilal · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.9%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****789**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**960

Working population ****31.8%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 76.9% for women. 23% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (11%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (16%) · **■** Marginal 43 (61%)

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 Mandirbazar

- Purba Raipur269 people
- Bireshwarpur251 people
- Purba Rameshwarpur232 people
- Dakshin Radhanagar226 people
- Daulatbad144 people
- Purba Damodarpur84 people
- Badedurgapur40 people
- Singheshwar11 people

[All 110 villages in Mandirbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mandirbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matilal?220 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matilal in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mandirbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matilal?87.9% (Census 2011)