About Matekata Village

Matekata is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 884, made up of 433 males and 451 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matekata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matekata village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	265.97 hectares
Population	884
Male Population	433
Female Population	451
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Matekata compares

By the 2011 count Matekata is the 79th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 265.97 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Matekata

Matekata is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matekata 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matekata from other places

Matekata lies about 28 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Dongargarh, about 5.6 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 Matekata
Nearest railway station	Dongargarh	5.6 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	28 km

Villages closest to Matekata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matekata village had a population of 884. That makes it the 79th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Matekata village has 433 males and 451 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matekata has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Matekata is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matekata covers 265.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matekata falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matekata is Dongargarh, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Matekata.

Matekata is about 28 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matekata is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargarh is about 5.6 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.