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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
CM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHAMPA MANDAL
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- LGD code
- 330990
- Pincode
- 723153
- Post office
- Kantadih
- Population
- 745
- Households
- 158
- Literacy rate
- 46.8%
- Sex ratio
- 981 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 211
- Distance to district centre
- 19 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 215 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1047 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tamna railway station · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pichasi Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Matkumdi compares
By population, Matkumdi ranks #70 of 114 villages in Purulia - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.8%
−8.3% vs mandal average
- Matkumdi
- 46.8%
- Purulia - I mandal
- 55.1%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
981
+38 vs mandal average
- Matkumdi
- 981
- Purulia - I mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Matkumdi
- 4.7
- Purulia - I mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matkumdi at a glance
Matkumdi is a village of 745 people in 158 households (Census 2011) in Purulia - I block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 70th-largest of 114 villages in Purulia - I block. Literacy is 47%, 8 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 981 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Purulia district centre, 31 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 8 km from Tamna railway station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723153, served by Kantadih post office; the LGD village code is 330990. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pichasi Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is CHAMPA MANDAL, and the village votes in Purulia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudip Kumar Mukherjee. The population is estimated at 833 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matkumdi · this village | 745 | 47% | — |
| Narradi · Purulia - I | 299 | 58% | 1.3 km SW |
| Bagdadi · Purulia - I | 576 | 55% | 1.5 km SW |
| Gopladi · Purulia - I | 1,416 | 46% | 1.8 km W |
| Salikakumarda · Purulia - I | 1,784 | 48% | 1.9 km SE |
| Sorishabahal · Barabazar | 958 | 59% | 2.2 km S |
| Chituara · Purulia - I | 408 | 45% | 2.8 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Matkumdi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 21
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 287.73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 90.44
- Forest area (ha)
- 5.07
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Matkumdi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Matkumdi
- LGD code
- 330990
- Pincode
- 723153
- Post office
- Kantadih
- Population (Census 2011)
- 745
- Population (projected 2026)
- 833
- Households
- 158
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 981
- Literacy rate
- 46.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.20261°N, 86.38159°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sudip Kumar Mukherjee
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHAMPA MANDAL
- Block / Mandal
- Purulia - I
Getting there
How to reach Matkumdi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata215 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1047 km
- Delhi1097 km
- Chennai1297 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTamna railway station8 km
- Bus stopPurulia Town Bus Stand14 km
- Hospital / PHCPichasi Hospital6 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump (Tata Route)12 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University18 km
- Police stationTraffic Police Chowki46 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)