About Matwada Village

Matwada is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,066, made up of 525 males and 541 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matwada village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Kanker
Pincode	494334
Area (hectares)	463.38 hectares
Population	1,066
Male Population	525
Female Population	541
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matwada compares

By the 2011 count Matwada is the 32nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 463.38 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Matwada

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

Matwada lies about 23 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 39 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 Matwada
Tehsil headquarters	Kanker	5.7 km
Nearest town	Kānker	5.7 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	23 km
Nearest railway station	Keoti	39 km

Villages closest to Matwada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matwada village had a population of 1,066. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Matwada village has 525 males and 541 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matwada has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Matwada is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matwada covers 463.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matwada falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matwada is Keoti, about 39 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 Matwada.

Matwada is about 23 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matwada is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 5.7 km away. Kānker is about 5.7 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.