About Matenar Village

Matenar is a mid sized village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,516, made up of 699 males and 817 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,169 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1008.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matenar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matenar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Dantewada
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	1008.78 hectares
Population	1,516
Male Population	699
Female Population	817
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,169
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matenar compares

By the 2011 count Matenar is the 15th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 1008.78 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1086.

Getting to Matenar

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

Matenar lies about 13 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 9.2 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 Matenar
Nearest railway station	Dantewara	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dantewada	13 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	13 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	25 km

Villages closest to Matenar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matenar village had a population of 1,516. That makes it the 15th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Matenar village has 699 males and 817 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matenar has about 1169 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Matenar is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matenar covers 1008.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matenar falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matenar is Dantewara, about 9.2 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 Matenar.

Matenar is about 13 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matenar is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dantewara is about 9.2 km away. Dantewada is about 13 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.