Matha
Bagmundi block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723143
· village code 331639
Population 2011
624
Census of India
Population 2020
798
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.9%
174 people · 2.8% a year
Households
166
+12.2% vs 148 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
624
Male / female
334 / 290
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
868
Children aged 0–6
91
Literacy rate
59.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
49 / 389
Working population
305
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
37.0%
Households
148
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
46
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
110
Non-farm households
56
Share of households farming, 2020
66%
Net sown area
192 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
192 / 2 / 17
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Matha panchayat, Bagmundi zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹39.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹48.70 lakh
Received directly
₹80,204
Spent
₹60.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.24 lakh · received ₹20.01 lakh · spent ₹17.95 lakh · left ₹10.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.22 lakh · received ₹28.68 lakh · spent ₹42.11 lakh · left ₹18.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2072, 86.0236 —
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