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Where is Matti?

Matti is a village of Mansa tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhikhi, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bhikhi community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036141, and it covers 1,352 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,700 people in Matti: 2,037 men and 1,663 women, living in 706 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,352 hectares, the population density works out to about 274 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 816 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 370, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,081 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.67 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 60.54 per cent and women at 52.07 per cent. The census recorded 1,472 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 1,124 main workers, the largest group, 511, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 411 agricultural labourers and 190 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 348 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Matti's land. Of the village's 1,352 hectares, 1,234 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 1,232 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (903 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (329 hectares). About 118 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 4 hours a day. With 526 cultivators and 476 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Matti is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhikhi, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Mansa, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gurthari, Maujo Khurd, Khiwadialuwala and Anupgarh.

What is the population of Matti?

The population of Matti was 3,700 at the 2011 census, living in 706 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Matti have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Matti has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.