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About Matwari Village

Matwari is a small village in Palari tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 454, made up of 227 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matwari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matwari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Palari
Pincode 491227
Area (hectares) 168.66 hectares
Population 454
Male Population 227
Female Population 227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matwari compares

By the 2011 count Matwari is the 113th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,496 residents. Its 168.66 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1002.

Getting to Matwari

Matwari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matwari as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Matwari from other places

Matwari lies about 55 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Arang Mahanadi, about 34 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 Matwari
Tehsil headquarters Palari 10 km
Nearest town Baloda Bāzār 23 km
Nearest railway station Arang Mahanadi 34 km
District headquarters Raipur 55 km

Villages closest to Matwari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matwari village had a population of 454. That makes it the 113th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,496 residents.

Matwari village has 227 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matwari has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Matwari is 491227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matwari covers 168.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matwari falls under Palari tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matwari is Arang Mahanadi, about 34 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 5 - 10 km distance for Matwari.

Matwari is about 55 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matwari is in Palari tehsil of Raipur district. Palari is about 10 km away. Baloda Bāzār is about 23 km away. Arang Mahanadi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sundri (under 2 km), Sundrawan (2.0 km) and Sisdeori (3.3 km).

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

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