About Matiari Village

Matiari is a mid sized village in Jokihat tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 690, made up of 357 males and 333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32 hectares hectares.

Matiari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiari village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Jokihat
Area (hectares)	32 hectares
Population	690
Male Population	357
Female Population	333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matiari compares

By the 2011 count Matiari is the 84th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents. Its 32 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Matiari

Matiari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Matiari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Matiari from other places

Matiari lies about 8.4 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Kusiargaon, 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 Matiari
Tehsil headquarters	Jokihat	5.2 km
District headquarters	Araria	8.4 km
Nearest town	Arāria	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Kusiargaon	12 km

Villages closest to Matiari

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

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Common questions about Matiari

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiari village had a population of 690. That makes it the 84th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents.

Matiari village has 357 males and 333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiari has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Matiari covers 32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Matiari falls under Jokihat tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Matiari is Kusiargaon, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Matiari.

Matiari is about 8.4 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiari is in Jokihat tehsil of Araria district. Jokihat is about 5.2 km away. Araria is about 8.4 km away. Arāria is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.