Matgoda is a small town and a gram panchayat in the Raipur CD block in the Khatra subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.

There was a feudatory ruler in Rajagram, who for some unknown reason, committed suicide along with his entire family, by jumping into fire.

A large number of Utkala Brahmin families came and settled in the area, where even today, the influence of Odia culture is noticeable.

[1] He made a grant of the zamindari of Simplapal pargana to Sripati Mahapatra, his spiritual guide and general during the campaign.

Six generations after Chhatra Narayan Deb, as a result of a family dispute, the estate was divided into Shyamsundarpur and Phulkusma.

Subsequently, as a consequence of the permanent settlement, both the zamindaries got debt-ridden and ran into rough weather.

It is affiliated to the Bankura University and offers honours courses in Bengali, Santali and history.

The abandoned idol was set up in the Dharmathakur temple at Matgoda, alongside other Hindu deities.

When Binoy Ghosh attended the Matgoda Sani Mela in 1968, he found it to be a predominantly Santali affair.

However, that practice was stopped a few years prior to Binoy Ghosh's visit, in Matgoda, as well as in other places in West Bengal.