About Matkota Village

Matkota is a large village in Jogapatti tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,088, made up of 1,057 males and 1,031 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 333.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845452, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matkota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matkota village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Jogapatti
Pincode	845452
Area (hectares)	333.9 hectares
Population	2,088
Male Population	1,057
Female Population	1,031
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matkota compares

By the 2011 count Matkota is the 38th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents. Its 333.9 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Matkota

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

Matkota lies about 15 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Kumarbagh, 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 Matkota
Tehsil headquarters	Jogapatti	under 2 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kumarbagh	16 km
Nearest town	Bettiah	18 km

Villages closest to Matkota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matkota village had a population of 2,088. That makes it the 38th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents.

Matkota village has 1,057 males and 1,031 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matkota has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Matkota is 845452. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matkota covers 333.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Matkota falls under Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Matkota is Kumarbagh, 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 Matkota.

Matkota is about 15 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matkota is in Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Jogapatti is about under 2 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 15 km away. Kumarbagh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.