Mattar Hitharਮੱਟਰ ਹਿਠਾੜ

Where is Mattar Hithar?

Mattar Hithar is a village of Guru Harsahai tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mamdot community development block and is served by the Mattar Hittar gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034747, and it covers 503 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,325 people in Mattar Hithar: 697 men and 628 women, living in 235 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 503 hectares, the population density works out to about 263 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 901 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 173, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,173 people, about 89 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.67 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.31 per cent and women at 53.19 per cent. The census recorded 386 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 337 main workers, the largest group, 231, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 63 other workers in trade, transport and services and 40 agricultural labourers. A further 49 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mattar Hithar's land. Of the village's 503 hectares, 462 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (14 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (448 hectares). About 42 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 232 cultivators and 84 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Mattar Hithar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 14 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 Dona Mattar, Atuwala Hithar, Gatti Mattar and Atuwala Uttar.

What is the population of Mattar Hithar?

The population of Mattar Hithar was 1,325 at the 2011 census, living in 235 households in Guru Harsahai tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Mattar Hithar have?

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