About Matukipur Village

Matukipur is a large village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,273, made up of 1,200 males and 1,073 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139 hectares hectares.

Matukipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matukipur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Rajpur
Area (hectares)	139 hectares
Population	2,273
Male Population	1,200
Female Population	1,073
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matukipur compares

By the 2011 count Matukipur is the 27th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents. Its 139 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Matukipur

Matukipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matukipur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Matukipur from other places

Matukipur lies about 28 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Chausa, about 22 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 Matukipur
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Chausa	22 km
Nearest town	Nokha	27 km
District headquarters	Buxar	28 km

Villages closest to Matukipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matukipur village had a population of 2,273. That makes it the 27th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents.

Matukipur village has 1,200 males and 1,073 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matukipur has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Matukipur covers 139 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Matukipur falls under Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Matukipur is Chausa, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance for Matukipur.

Matukipur is about 28 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matukipur is in Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district. Rajpur is about 12 km away. Chausa is about 22 km away. Nokha is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.