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About Matiaria Village

Matiaria is a large village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,391, made up of 1,245 males and 1,146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 546 hectares hectares.

Matiaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiaria village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Gaunaha
Area (hectares) 546 hectares
Population 2,391
Male Population 1,245
Female Population 1,146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matiaria compares

By the 2011 count Matiaria is the 14th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 546 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Matiaria

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

Matiaria lies about 36 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 11 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 Matiaria
Tehsil headquarters Gaunaha 10 km
Nearest railway station Bhitiharwa Ashram 11 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 17 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 36 km

Villages closest to Matiaria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiaria village had a population of 2,391. That makes it the 14th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Matiaria village has 1,245 males and 1,146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiaria has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Matiaria covers 546 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matiaria falls under Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Matiaria is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 11 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 Matiaria.

Matiaria is about 36 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiaria is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Gaunaha is about 10 km away. Bhitiharwa Ashram is about 11 km away. Rāmnagar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sirsia (2.3 km), Sonbarsa (3.0 km) and Sherpur (3.2 km).

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

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