About Matekheda Village

Matekheda is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,365, made up of 691 males and 674 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 581.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matekheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matekheda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491558
Area (hectares)	581.43 hectares
Population	1,365
Male Population	691
Female Population	674
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matekheda compares

By the 2011 count Matekheda is the 20th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 581.43 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Matekheda

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

Matekheda lies about 46 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 30 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 Matekheda
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	9.1 km
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	30 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	32 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	46 km

Villages closest to Matekheda

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 Matekheda

As per the Census of India 2011, Matekheda village had a population of 1,365. That makes it the 20th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Matekheda village has 691 males and 674 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matekheda has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Matekheda is 491558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matekheda covers 581.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matekheda falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matekheda is Paniajob, about 30 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 Matekheda.

Matekheda is about 46 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matekheda is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 9.1 km away. Paniajob is about 30 km away. Dongargarh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.