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About Matwada Village

Matwada is a mid sized village in Bhairamgarh tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,042, made up of 509 males and 533 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matwada village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bijapur
Tehsil Bhairamgarh
Pincode 494450
Area (hectares) 238.51 hectares
Population 1,042
Male Population 509
Female Population 533
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,047
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matwada compares

By the 2011 count Matwada is the 13th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 238.51 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1065.

Getting to Matwada

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

Matwada lies about 30 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 38 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 Matwada
Tehsil headquarters Bhairamgarh 10 km
District headquarters Bijapur 30 km
Nearest railway station Kamalur 38 km
Nearest town Bacheli 50 km

Villages closest to Matwada

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 Matwada

As per the Census of India 2011, Matwada village had a population of 1,042. That makes it the 13th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Matwada village has 509 males and 533 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matwada has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1065.

The pincode recorded for Matwada is 494450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matwada covers 238.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matwada falls under Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matwada is Kamalur, about 38 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 Matwada.

Matwada is about 30 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matwada is in Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district. Bhairamgarh is about 10 km away. Bijapur is about 30 km away. Kamalur is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kodka (3.3 km), Jangla (3.4 km) and Kondroji (3.8 km).

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

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