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{{For|the ruler of Tyre|Mattan I}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mattan
| other_name = East Anantnag
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| settlement_type = Tehsil
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Anantnag district|Anantnag]]
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| population_total = 6367
| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020| url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Mattan''' is a tehsil and a [[notified area committee]] in [[Anantnag|Anantnag city]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/protests-stall-haider-shoot-vishal-bhardwaj-resumes-work-soon/article1-1178609.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-02-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201132738/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/protests-stall-haider-shoot-vishal-bhardwaj-resumes-work-soon/article1-1178609.aspx |archivedate=2014-02-01 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> 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 Maharaj Shah[[Prem Nath Bazaz]], M.K santoshi, M.K Bharat, Deepak Sidha, Nitish Kichloo, Rajinder tickoo and Shanti Lal Sidh to name a few.

==See also==
* [[Martand Sun Temple]]

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Anantnag district]]

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Mattan, Jammu and Kashmir - Revision history

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