About Matsumbha Village

Matsumbha is a mid sized village in Kharagpur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,789, made up of 966 males and 823 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321 hectares hectares.

Matsumbha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matsumbha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Kharagpur
Area (hectares)	321 hectares
Population	1,789
Male Population	966
Female Population	823
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matsumbha compares

By the 2011 count Matsumbha is the 35th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents. Its 321 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Matsumbha

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

Matsumbha lies about 32 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Dasharathpur, about 20 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 Matsumbha
Tehsil headquarters	Kharagpur	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Dasharathpur	20 km
District headquarters	Munger	32 km

Villages closest to Matsumbha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matsumbha village had a population of 1,789. That makes it the 35th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents.

Matsumbha village has 966 males and 823 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matsumbha has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

Matsumbha covers 321 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matsumbha falls under Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Matsumbha is Dasharathpur, about 20 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 Matsumbha.

Matsumbha is about 32 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matsumbha is in Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district. Kharagpur is about 6.8 km away. Dasharathpur is about 20 km away. Munger is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.