About Matiar Village

Matiar is one of the larger villages in Manjhi tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,543, made up of 2,936 males and 2,607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 459 hectares hectares.

Matiar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Manjhi
Area (hectares)	459 hectares
Population	5,543
Male Population	2,936
Female Population	2,607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matiar compares

By the 2011 count Matiar is the 9th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,518 residents. Its 459 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Matiar

Matiar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matiar as Available within 5 - 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 Matiar from other places

Matiar lies about 22 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Ekma, about 8.4 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 Matiar
Nearest railway station	Ekma	8.4 km
Nearest town	Reoti	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Manjhi	12 km
District headquarters	Saran	22 km

Villages closest to Matiar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiar village had a population of 5,543. That makes it the 9th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,518 residents.

Matiar village has 2,936 males and 2,607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiar has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 978.

Matiar covers 459 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Matiar falls under Manjhi tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Matiar is Ekma, about 8.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Matiar.

Matiar is about 22 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiar is in Manjhi tehsil of Saran district. Ekma is about 8.4 km away. Reoti is about 12 km away. Manjhi is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.