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About Matiya Village

Matiya is a small village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3, made up of 2 males and 1 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 443.77 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 Dongargaon
Pincode 491661
Area (hectares) 443.77 hectares
Population 3
Male Population 2
Female Population 1
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 500
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matiya compares

By the 2011 count Matiya is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 443.77 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

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 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
Tehsil headquarters Dongargaon under 2 km
Nearest railway station Bakal 19 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 22 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon 22 km

Villages closest to Matiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiya village had a population of 3. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Matiya village has 2 males and 1 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiya has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

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

Matiya covers 443.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matiya falls under Dongargaon 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 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 Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargaon is about under 2 km away. Bakal is about 19 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dogargaon (under 2 km), Baghmar (1.7 km) and Bagdai (1.7 km).

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

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