Mattan is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
,
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administ ...
and a
notified area committee
A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...
, near
Anantnag city in the
Anantnag district
Anantnag district is a district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is one of ten districts which make up the Kashmir Valley. The district headquarters is Anantnag city. As of 2011, it was the third most populous district ...
of the Indian
union territory of
Jammu and Kashmir.
Demographics
As of 2011 India
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
,
Mattan had a population of 9,246. Males constitute 55.2% of the population and females 44.8%. Mattan has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the state average of 67.16%: male literacy is around 82.77%, and female literacy is 61.38%.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1353 which is 14.63% of total population of Mattan (MC). In Mattan Municipal Committee, Female Sex Ratio is of 813 against state average of 889. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Mattan is around 958 compared to Jammu and Kashmir state average of 862.
See also
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Martand Sun Temple
The Martand Sun Temple is a Hindu temple located near the city of Anantnag in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), India. It dates back to the eighth century AD and was dedicated to Surya, the chief solar deity in Hindu ...
References
Cities and towns in Anantnag district
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