About Matiya Village

Matiya is a mid sized village in Masturi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,451, made up of 769 males and 682 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 416.609 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491988, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Masturi
Pincode	491988
Area (hectares)	416.609 hectares
Population	1,451
Male Population	769
Female Population	682
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matiya compares

By the 2011 count Matiya is the 77th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents. Its 416.609 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 990.

Getting to Matiya

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

Matiya lies about 20 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Chakarbhata, about 15 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 Matiya
Tehsil headquarters	Masturi	10 km
Nearest railway station	Chakarbhata	15 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	20 km
Nearest town	Bilāspur	20 km

Villages closest to Matiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiya village had a population of 1,451. That makes it the 77th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents.

Matiya village has 769 males and 682 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiya has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Matiya is 491988. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matiya covers 416.609 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matiya falls under Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matiya is Chakarbhata, about 15 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 Matiya.

Matiya is about 20 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiya is in Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Masturi is about 10 km away. Chakarbhata is about 15 km away. Bilaspur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.