About Matewa Village

Matewa is a mid sized village in Mohla tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,391, made up of 680 males and 711 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1070.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491666, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matewa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matewa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Mohla
Pincode	491666
Area (hectares)	1070.22 hectares
Population	1,391
Male Population	680
Female Population	711
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matewa compares

By the 2011 count Matewa is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 1070.22 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Matewa

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

Matewa lies about 21 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 12 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 Matewa
Nearest railway station	Gundardehi	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohla	21 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	21 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	21 km

Villages closest to Matewa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matewa village had a population of 1,391. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Matewa village has 680 males and 711 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matewa has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Matewa is 491666. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matewa covers 1070.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matewa falls under Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matewa is Gundardehi, about 12 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 Matewa.

Matewa is about 21 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matewa is in Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Gundardehi is about 12 km away. Mohla is about 21 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.