Matayen
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Matayen
Matayan | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Matayen Location in Ladakh, India  Matayen Matayen (India) | |
| Coordinates: 34°22′N 75°34′E / 34.36°N 75.57°E[1] | |
| Country |  India |
| Union Territory | Ladakh |
| District | Kargil |
| Tehsil | Drass[2] |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,909[3] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, English |
| • Spoken | Purgi, Kashmiri, Shina, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 194102 |
Matayen is a village in Drass tehsil in Kargil district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. The village is located around 21 kilometer's from drass and around 81 kilometres from the district headquarters Kargil.Its only village in ladakh where Kashmiri is spoken and Kashmiri peoples are being lived.
According to the 2011 census of India, Matayen had 239 households.[4] The literacy rate of Matayen village is 62.86%. In Matayen, Male literacy stands at 62.86% while the female literacy rate was 49.36%.
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1909 | 967 | 942 |
| Children aged below 6 years | 257 | - | - |
| Scheduled caste | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scheduled tribe | 1869 | - | - |
| Literacy | 78.92% | 88.46% | 69.68% |
