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About Matri Village

Matri is a small village in Dondi Luhara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 306, made up of 150 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Dondi Luhara
Pincode 491771
Area (hectares) 290.78 hectares
Population 306
Male Population 150
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matri compares

By the 2011 count Matri is the 172nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 290.78 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Matri

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

Matri lies about 17 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Risama, about 1.9 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 Matri
Nearest railway station Risama 1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Dondi Luhara 17 km
District headquarters Durg 17 km

Villages closest to Matri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dondi Luhara 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 Matri

As per the Census of India 2011, Matri village had a population of 306. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Matri village has 150 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matri has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Matri is 491771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matri covers 290.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matri falls under Dondi Luhara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matri is Risama, about 1.9 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 Matri.

Matri is about 17 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matri is in Dondi Luhara tehsil of Durg district. Risama is about 1.9 km away. Dondi Luhara is about 17 km away. Durg is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Arjuni (5.1 km), Deori (5.5 km) and Nahanda (6.0 km).

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

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