Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur
# Matitola

Matitola is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 524 people in 108 households, the 126th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 22.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.
- 524 people (2011)
- 108 households
- 22.8% literacy
- 871 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matitola

Of every 100 households in Matitola in 2011, 19 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matitola · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 19% 29%
- Toilet within the home 1% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 99% 87%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 3% 37%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 91%
- Use banking services 30% 20%
- Television 8% 8%
- Mobile phone 49% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 30% 35%
- Own their home 84% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Matitola?

■ Matitola · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 22.8% 41.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 871 919
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 950
- Working population 20.6% 31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 25.6% for men and 19.5% for women. 37% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 55 (51%) · ■ Farm labourers 53 (49%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Goalpokhar - I
- Chitaur 536 people
- Thelamani 534 people
- Uttar Chhipi 530 people
- Kashipur 528 people
- Dulachauki 522 people
- Purbba Banwari 507 people
- Rajpokhar Khura 488 people
- Madhya Talbari 484 people

All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Matitola? 524 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matitola in? Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matitola? 22.8% (Census 2011)

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