Mattan, Jammu and Kashmir


Mattan is a town and a notified area committee in Anantnag district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Demographics

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 Prem Nath Bazaz, M.K santoshi, M.K Bharat, Deepak Sidha, Nitish Kichloo, Rajinder tickoo and Shanti Lal Sidh to name a few.