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About Matia Garopara Village

Matia Garopara is a small village in Balijana tehsil, in the district of Goalpara, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 91, made up of 52 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.27 hectares hectares.

Matia Garopara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matia Garopara village
Description Value
State Assam
District Goalpara
Tehsil Balijana
Area (hectares) 230.27 hectares
Population 91
Male Population 52
Female Population 39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 750
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matia Garopara compares

By the 2011 count Matia Garopara is the 201st largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 950 residents. Its 230.27 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Matia Garopara

Matia Garopara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matia Garopara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matia Garopara from other places

Matia Garopara 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 Matia Garopara
Nearest railway station Dudhnai 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Balijana 19 km
District headquarters Goalpara 19 km
Nearest town Goālpāra 19 km

Villages closest to Matia Garopara

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 Matia Garopara

As per the Census of India 2011, Matia Garopara village had a population of 91. That makes it the 201st largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 950 residents.

Matia Garopara village has 52 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matia Garopara has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Matia Garopara covers 230.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Matia Garopara is Dudhnai, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Matia Garopara.

Matia Garopara 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.

Matia Garopara 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 Dasarapara Matia (under 2 km), Matia (under 2 km) and Matia Garo Para Pt Ii (under 2 km).

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

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