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About Matihanian Salehpur Village

Matihanian Salehpur is a mid sized village in Kuchaikote tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,772, made up of 904 males and 868 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.99 hectares hectares.

Matihanian Salehpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matihanian Salehpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Kuchaikote
Area (hectares) 214.99 hectares
Population 1,772
Male Population 904
Female Population 868
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matihanian Salehpur compares

By the 2011 count Matihanian Salehpur is the 63rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents. Its 214.99 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Matihanian Salehpur

Matihanian Salehpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matihanian Salehpur 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 Matihanian Salehpur from other places

Matihanian Salehpur lies about 18 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Jalalpur, about 5.7 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 Matihanian Salehpur
Nearest railway station Jalalpur 5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuchaikote 18 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 18 km
Nearest town Gopālganj 18 km

Villages closest to Matihanian Salehpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kuchaikote 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 Matihanian Salehpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Matihanian Salehpur village had a population of 1,772. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents.

Matihanian Salehpur village has 904 males and 868 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matihanian Salehpur has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Matihanian Salehpur covers 214.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Matihanian Salehpur falls under Kuchaikote tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Matihanian Salehpur is Jalalpur, about 5.7 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 Matihanian Salehpur.

Matihanian Salehpur is about 18 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matihanian Salehpur is in Kuchaikote tehsil of Gopalganj district. Jalalpur is about 5.7 km away. Kuchaikote is about 18 km away. Gopalganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salehpur (under 2 km), Rampur Jiwdhar (under 2 km) and Bhoj Chhapar (1.5 km).

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

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