Matra
Diamond Harbour-I block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743375
· village code 334346
Population 2011
1,587
Census of India
Population 2020
1,953
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.1%
366 people · 2.3% a year
Households
382
+25.7% vs 304 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,587
Male / female
811 / 776
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
957
Children aged 0–6
307
Literacy rate
58.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
21 / 0
Working population
514
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
14.8%
Households
304
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
228
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
46
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
284
Non-farm households
97
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
41 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
41 / 14 / 8
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mashat panchayat, Diamond Harbour-I 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
₹82.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹49.57 lakh
Received directly
₹4.51 lakh
Spent
₹79.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹56.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹34.16 lakh · received ₹24.68 lakh · spent ₹34.34 lakh · left ₹29.00 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.95 lakh · received ₹24.90 lakh · spent ₹44.99 lakh · left ₹27.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2703, 88.2203 —
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