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About Matiya Bahra Village

Matiya Bahra is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 267, made up of 141 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matiya Bahra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiya Bahra village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dhamtari
Tehsil Nagri
Pincode 493778
Area (hectares) 337.12 hectares
Population 267
Male Population 141
Female Population 126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matiya Bahra compares

By the 2011 count Matiya Bahra is the 180th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 337.12 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Matiya Bahra

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

Matiya Bahra lies about 60 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sarsonpuri, about 57 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 Bahra
Tehsil headquarters Nagri 15 km
Nearest railway station Sarsonpuri 57 km
District headquarters Dhamtari 60 km

Villages closest to Matiya Bahra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiya Bahra village had a population of 267. That makes it the 180th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Matiya Bahra village has 141 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiya Bahra has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Matiya Bahra is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matiya Bahra covers 337.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matiya Bahra falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matiya Bahra is Sarsonpuri, about 57 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 Matiya Bahra.

Matiya Bahra is about 60 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiya Bahra is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 15 km away. Sarsonpuri is about 57 km away. Dhamtari is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chargaon (5.2 km), Mohlai (5.2 km) and Kharka (6.2 km).

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

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