About Matewa Village

Matewa is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 862, made up of 430 males and 432 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matewa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matewa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gunderdehi
Pincode	491225
Area (hectares)	386.43 hectares
Population	862
Male Population	430
Female Population	432
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matewa compares

By the 2011 count Matewa is the 96th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 386.43 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Matewa

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

Matewa lies about 24 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 12 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 Matewa
Tehsil headquarters	Gunderdehi	11 km
Nearest railway station	Gundardehi	12 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	21 km
District headquarters	Durg	24 km

Villages closest to Matewa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matewa village had a population of 862. That makes it the 96th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Matewa village has 430 males and 432 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matewa has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Matewa is 491225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matewa covers 386.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matewa falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matewa is Gundardehi, about 12 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 Matewa.

Matewa is about 24 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matewa is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Gunderdehi is about 11 km away. Gundardehi is about 12 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.