About Matadih Village

Matadih is a large village in Dharhara tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,137, made up of 1,676 males and 1,461 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45 hectares hectares.

Matadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matadih village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Dharhara
Area (hectares)	45 hectares
Population	3,137
Male Population	1,676
Female Population	1,461
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
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 Matadih compares

By the 2011 count Matadih is the 11th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,462 residents. Its 45 hectares work out to about 70 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Matadih

Matadih is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Matadih 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 Matadih from other places

Matadih lies about 10 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Dasharathpur, about 2.8 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 Matadih
Nearest railway station	Dasharathpur	2.8 km
Nearest town	Jamālpur	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharhara	8.9 km
District headquarters	Munger	10 km

Villages closest to Matadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matadih village had a population of 3,137. That makes it the 11th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,462 residents.

Matadih village has 1,676 males and 1,461 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matadih has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Matadih covers 45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 70 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Matadih falls under Dharhara tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Matadih is Dasharathpur, about 2.8 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 Matadih.

Matadih is about 10 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matadih is in Dharhara tehsil of Munger district. Dasharathpur is about 2.8 km away. Jamālpur is about 3.3 km away. Dharhara is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.