About Matiaria Village

Matiaria is a large village in Narkatiaganj tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,493, made up of 1,285 males and 1,208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.2 hectares hectares.

How Matiaria compares

By the 2011 count Matiaria is the 45th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,279 residents. Its 126.2 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Matiaria

Matiaria is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matiaria as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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.

Villages closest to Matiaria

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narkatiaganj tehsil.

• Bairia 13 km
• Barnihar 14 km
• Bargon 14 km
• Barwa 14 km
• Merraul 15 km
• Parsi 15 km

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.