# Purba Matiari Village, Karandighi – Population & Literacy

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Purba Matiari

Purba Matiari is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,003 people in 306 households**, the 66th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 2,003people (2011)
- 306households
- 47.2%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Matiari

Of every 100 households in Purba Matiari in 2011, 23 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purba Matiari · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****33%**

**19%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Purba Matiari?

■ Purba Matiari · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.2%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**943

Working population ****31.4%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.1% for men and 45.1% for women. 45% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 265 (42%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 222 (35%) · **■** Marginal 12 (2%)

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 Karandighi

- Shripur2,039 people
- Uttar Jadopur2,039 people
- Kuhator2,011 people
- Bhagabanpur2,008 people
- Babhania1,992 people
- Dakshin Jadopur1,986 people
- Kochabari1,932 people
- Pachloha1,909 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Matiari?2,003 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Matiari in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Matiari?47.2% (Census 2011)