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About Dasarapara Matia Village

Dasarapara Matia is a mid sized village in Balijana tehsil, in the district of Goalpara, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 618, made up of 332 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.5 hectares hectares.

Dasarapara Matia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dasarapara Matia village
Description Value
State Assam
District Goalpara
Tehsil Balijana
Area (hectares) 207.5 hectares
Population 618
Male Population 332
Female Population 286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Dasarapara Matia compares

By the 2011 count Dasarapara Matia is the 105th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 950 residents. Its 207.5 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Dasarapara Matia

Dasarapara Matia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dasarapara Matia as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dasarapara Matia from other places

Dasarapara Matia lies about 19 km from Goalpara, and the nearest railway station is Dudhnai, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Dasarapara Matia
Nearest railway station Dudhnai 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Balijana 19 km
District headquarters Goalpara 19 km
Nearest town Goālpāra 19 km

Villages closest to Dasarapara Matia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Balijana tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Dasarapara Matia

As per the Census of India 2011, Dasarapara Matia village had a population of 618. That makes it the 105th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 950 residents.

Dasarapara Matia village has 332 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dasarapara Matia has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Dasarapara Matia covers 207.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dasarapara Matia falls under Balijana tehsil of Goalpara district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Dasarapara Matia is Dudhnai, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dasarapara Matia.

Dasarapara Matia is about 19 km from Goalpara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dasarapara Matia is in Balijana tehsil of Goalpara district. Dudhnai is about 12 km away. Balijana is about 19 km away. Goalpara is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matia (under 2 km), Matia Garo Para Pt Ii (under 2 km) and Matia Garopara (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dasarapara Matia today is likely to be higher.

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