About Matnar Village

Matnar is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,687, made up of 865 males and 822 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 709.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494222
Area (hectares)	709.22 hectares
Population	1,687
Male Population	865
Female Population	822
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matnar compares

By the 2011 count Matnar is the 30th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 709.22 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Matnar

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

Matnar lies about 21 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 30 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 Matnar
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	21 km
District headquarters	Bastar	21 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	28 km
Nearest railway station	Nakti Semara	30 km

Villages closest to Matnar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matnar village had a population of 1,687. That makes it the 30th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Matnar village has 865 males and 822 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matnar has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Matnar is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matnar covers 709.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matnar falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matnar is Nakti Semara, about 30 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Matnar.

Matnar is about 21 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matnar is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 21 km away. Bastar is about 21 km away. Jagdalpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.