About Matiya Village

Matiya is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 701, made up of 350 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 760.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491661
Area (hectares)	760.68 hectares
Population	701
Male Population	350
Female Population	351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matiya compares

By the 2011 count Matiya is the 117th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 760.68 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

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 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 Matiya from other places

Matiya lies about 22 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 19 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	Bakal	19 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	22 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	25 km

Villages closest to Matiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhuriya 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 701. That makes it the 117th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Matiya village has 350 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiya has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Matiya is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matiya covers 760.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matiya falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matiya is Bakal, about 19 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 Matiya.

Matiya is about 22 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiya is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bakal is about 19 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 22 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.