About Matenga Village

Matenga is a small village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 363, made up of 161 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,255 females per 1000 males. The village covers 908.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matenga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matenga village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Keskal
Pincode	494347
Area (hectares)	908.41 hectares
Population	363
Male Population	161
Female Population	202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,255
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matenga compares

By the 2011 count Matenga is the 62nd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 908.41 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Matenga

Matenga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matenga as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Matenga from other places

Matenga lies about 116 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 32 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 Matenga
Nearest town	Kānker	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Keskal	17 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	32 km
District headquarters	Bastar	116 km

Villages closest to Matenga

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Matenga

As per the Census of India 2011, Matenga village had a population of 363. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Matenga village has 161 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matenga has about 1255 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Matenga is 494347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matenga covers 908.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matenga falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matenga is Antagarh, about 32 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 10+ km distance for Matenga.

Matenga is about 116 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matenga is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Kānker is about 16 km away. Keskal is about 17 km away. Antagarh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.