About Matahia Village

Matahia is a large village in Bagaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,383, made up of 1,289 males and 1,094 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matahia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matahia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Bagaha
Pincode	845101
Area (hectares)	95.9 hectares
Population	2,383
Male Population	1,289
Female Population	1,094
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
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 Matahia compares

By the 2011 count Matahia is the 39th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents. Its 95.9 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Matahia

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

Matahia lies about 48 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Barharganj, about 9.2 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 Matahia
Nearest town	Padrauna	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Barharganj	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagaha	17 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	48 km

Villages closest to Matahia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matahia village had a population of 2,383. That makes it the 39th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents.

Matahia village has 1,289 males and 1,094 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matahia has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Matahia is 845101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matahia covers 95.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Matahia falls under Bagaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Matahia is Barharganj, about 9.2 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 Matahia.

Matahia is about 48 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matahia is in Bagaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Padrauna is about 9.0 km away. Barharganj is about 9.2 km away. Bagaha is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.