# Matikunda Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Matikunda

Matikunda is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,529 people in 846 households**, the 22nd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 4,529people (2011)
- 846households
- 60.4%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matikunda

Of every 100 households in Matikunda in 2011, 58 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Matikunda · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****25%**

**20%

Television ****21%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**40%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Matikunda?

■ Matikunda · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.4%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**967

Working population ****29.5%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.7% for men and 51.6% for women. 50% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 305 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 313 (23%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 547 (41%) · **■** Marginal 157 (12%)

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 Islampur

- Aliganj4,940 people
- Kachna4,809 people
- Durgapur4,674 people
- Ramganj4,660 people
- Bhelagachhi4,528 people
- Gunjaria4,470 people
- Kamlagaon4,316 people
- Manikpur3,980 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matikunda?4,529 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matikunda in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matikunda?60.4% (Census 2011)