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About Matasi Village

Matasi is a large village in Halsi tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,732, made up of 1,437 males and 1,295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 396.6 hectares hectares.

Matasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matasi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Lakhisarai
Tehsil Halsi
Area (hectares) 396.6 hectares
Population 2,732
Male Population 1,437
Female Population 1,295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 901
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matasi compares

By the 2011 count Matasi is the 15th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents. Its 396.6 hectares work out to about 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Matasi

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

Matasi lies about 22 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Sirari, about 16 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 Matasi
Tehsil headquarters Halsi 7.0 km
Nearest railway station Sirari 16 km
District headquarters Lakhisarai 22 km
Nearest town Luckeesarai 22 km

Villages closest to Matasi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matasi village had a population of 2,732. That makes it the 15th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents.

Matasi village has 1,437 males and 1,295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matasi has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 931.

Matasi covers 396.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Matasi falls under Halsi tehsil of Lakhisarai district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Matasi is Sirari, about 16 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 village for Matasi.

Matasi is about 22 km from Lakhisarai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matasi is in Halsi tehsil of Lakhisarai district. Halsi is about 7.0 km away. Sirari is about 16 km away. Lakhisarai is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chauri (1.7 km), Pipra (1.7 km) and Ballopur (2.1 km).

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

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