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About Matasi Village

Matasi is a small village in Bhairamgarh tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 27, made up of 16 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 688 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matasi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bijapur
Tehsil Bhairamgarh
Pincode 494553
Area (hectares) 13.5 hectares
Population 27
Male Population 16
Female Population 11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 688
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matasi compares

By the 2011 count Matasi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 13.5 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1065.

Getting to Matasi

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

Matasi lies about 68 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Gidam, 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 Matasi
Nearest railway station Gidam 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhairamgarh 34 km
Nearest town Bacheli 57 km
District headquarters Bijapur 68 km

Villages closest to Matasi

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

Common questions about Matasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Matasi village had a population of 27. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Matasi village has 16 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matasi has about 688 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1065.

The pincode recorded for Matasi is 494553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matasi covers 13.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matasi falls under Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matasi is Gidam, 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 10+ km distance for Matasi.

Matasi is about 68 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matasi is in Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district. Gidam is about 30 km away. Bhairamgarh is about 34 km away. Bacheli is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Todma (under 2 km), Kolnar (5.3 km) and Kosalnar (5.3 km).

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

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