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About Matwal Village

Matwal is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 826, made up of 397 males and 429 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 864.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matwal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Kondagaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 864.11 hectares
Population 826
Male Population 397
Female Population 429
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,081
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matwal compares

By the 2011 count Matwal is the 61st largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 864.11 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Matwal

Matwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matwal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Mardapal, Markapal, Marwabeda and Masora. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Matwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Matwal village had a population of 826. That makes it the 61st largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Matwal village has 397 males and 429 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matwal has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Matwal is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matwal covers 864.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matwal falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Matwal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Matwal.

Matwal is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Matwal today is likely to be higher.

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