Country India District Anantnag Vehicle registration JK | State Jammu and Kashmir Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Population 6,367 (2001) | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind W at 8 km/h, 45% Humidity | ||
Mattan(Urdu; مٹن) is a town and a notified area committee in Anantnag district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Mattan had a population of 6,367. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Mattan has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66%, and female literacy is 42%. In Mattan, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Mattan had a Hindu majority and spiritual history but after mass migration of kashmiri pandits that ratio declined. Mattan has produced well known writers and artists like M.K santoshi, M.K bharat, Nitish Kichloo,Rajinder tickoo and Shanti sidha to name a few.
References
Mattan, Jammu and Kashmir Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA