Gatti Mattarਗੱਟੀ ਮੱਟਰ

Where is Gatti Mattar?

Gatti Mattar is a village in Guru Harsahai tehsil of Ferozepur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mamdot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034745, and it covers 483 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 554 people in Gatti Mattar: 280 men and 274 women, living in 124 households, an average of about 4.5 people per household. Spread over its 483 hectares, the population density works out to about 115 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 979 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 71, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 297 people, about 54 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.6 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.2 per cent and women at 53.59 per cent. The census recorded 132 workers, about 24 per cent of the village. Of the 124 main workers, the largest group, 88, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 36 agricultural labourers. A further 8 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gatti Mattar's land. Of the village's 483 hectares, 463 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (463 hectares). About 19 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 89 cultivators and 42 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Gatti Mattar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Guru Harsahai, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Raja Rai, Dona Mattar and Mattar Hithar.

What is the population of Gatti Mattar?

The population of Gatti Mattar was 554 at the 2011 census, living in 124 households in Guru Harsahai tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Gatti Mattar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Gatti Mattar has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.