About Matiari Village

Matiari is a small village in Purnia East tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 73, made up of 47 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 553 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matiari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiari village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Purnia East
Pincode	854337
Area (hectares)	13 hectares
Population	73
Male Population	47
Female Population	26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	553
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Matiari compares

By the 2011 count Matiari is the 70th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,190 residents. Its 13 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, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Matiari

Matiari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matiari 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matiari from other places

Matiari lies about 26 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Satar Halt, about under 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 Matiari
Nearest railway station	Satar Halt	under 2 km
Nearest town	Arāria	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Purnia East	26 km
District headquarters	Purnia	26 km

Villages closest to Matiari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Purnia East 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 Matiari

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiari village had a population of 73. That makes it the 70th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,190 residents.

Matiari village has 47 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiari has about 553 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Matiari is 854337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matiari covers 13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matiari falls under Purnia East tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Matiari is Satar Halt, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Matiari.

Matiari is about 26 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiari is in Purnia East tehsil of Purnia district. Satar Halt is about under 2 km away. Arāria is about 16 km away. Purnia East is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.