Matiari Village, West Bengal, India. This village is particularly clean and well maintained. Matiari lies on the banks of the Hooghly River, which is a distributary of the Ganges River. Some of the locals refer to the town as the Brass working village. This name comes from the towns rich history of making utensils from brass that dates back over 100 years, when the village's senior elders who worked in brass factories in Calcutta were sent back to Matiari and had to use those same skills to feed their families. Visiting Matiari it is also an opportunity to discover an authentic Indian village with its architecture and lifestyle.