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About Matrakhujji Village

Matrakhujji is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 632, made up of 300 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matrakhujji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matrakhujji village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491661
Area (hectares) 299.64 hectares
Population 632
Male Population 300
Female Population 332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,107
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matrakhujji compares

By the 2011 count Matrakhujji is the 128th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 299.64 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Matrakhujji

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

Matrakhujji lies about 53 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 32 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 Matrakhujji
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 12 km
Nearest railway station Paniajob 32 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 36 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 53 km

Villages closest to Matrakhujji

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.

Common questions about Matrakhujji

As per the Census of India 2011, Matrakhujji village had a population of 632. That makes it the 128th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Matrakhujji village has 300 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matrakhujji has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

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

Matrakhujji covers 299.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matrakhujji falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matrakhujji is Paniajob, about 32 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 km distance for Matrakhujji.

Matrakhujji is about 53 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matrakhujji is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 12 km away. Paniajob is about 32 km away. Dongargarh is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Atra (under 2 km), Bhakurra (under 2 km) and Gerughat (2.3 km).

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

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