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Mathmahula observes Durga Puja on Friday, 16 October 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Temples near Mathmahula
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Rampurhat - II mandal is Pirbaba. No temple of this dedication is on record within Mathmahula itself.
Durga Puja, from Shashthi to Dashami, in community pandals rather than at home. Sandhi Puja at the join of Ashtami and Navami, Sindoor Khela and immersion on Dashami.
The regional form observed across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
Mathmahula is a very small village in Rampurhat-II mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 284 across 60 households. Situated at 24.087°N, 87.833°E, it has a literacy rate of 70.4% and postal code 731244.
By population, Mathmahula ranks #85 of 93 villages in Rampurhat - II mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mathmahula is a village of 284 people in 60 households (Census 2011) in Rampurhat - II block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 85th-largest of 93 villages in Rampurhat - II block. Literacy is 70%, 10 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Birbhum district centre, 7 km from Margram, the nearest town, 11 km from Mallarpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731244, served by Bishnupur (Birbhum) post office; the LGD village code is 316425. The nearest hospital or health centre is Tarapur Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Burwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sukhen Kumar Bagdi. The population is estimated at 318 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sahapur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathmahula · this village | 284 | 70% | — |
| Nima Pakhuria · Rampurhat - II | 1,557 | 40% | 1.1 km E |
| Arazi Sandhyajal · Rampurhat - II | 0 | — | 1.3 km SE |
| Sandhyajal · Rampurhat - II | 3,811 | 59% | 1.8 km NE |
| Leshpara · Mayureswar - I | 0 | — | 2.1 km S |
| Joysinpur · Rampurhat - II | 663 | 75% | 2.4 km NW |
| Bhaddapur · Mayureswar - I | 457 | 83% | 2.7 km S |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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