About Matiya Village

Matiya is a mid sized village in Thanakhamria tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 731, made up of 360 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 349.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Thanakhamria
Pincode	493441
Area (hectares)	349.87 hectares
Population	731
Male Population	360
Female Population	371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
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 47th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 349.87 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

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 26 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 9.6 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
Nearest railway station	Gundardehi	9.6 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thanakhamria	26 km
District headquarters	Durg	26 km

Villages closest to Matiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thanakhamria 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 731. That makes it the 47th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Matiya village has 360 males and 371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiya has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Matiya is 493441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matiya covers 349.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matiya falls under Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matiya is Gundardehi, about 9.6 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 26 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiya is in Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district. Gundardehi is about 9.6 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 24 km away. Thanakhamria is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.