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About Matoli Village

Matoli is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 459, made up of 233 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matoli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 496115
Area (hectares) 243.78 hectares
Population 459
Male Population 233
Female Population 226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 970
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Matoli compares

By the 2011 count Matoli is the 126th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 243.78 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Matoli

Matoli is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Matoli as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matoli from other places

Matoli lies about 67 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 51 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 Matoli
Tehsil headquarters Pakhanjur 3.2 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 51 km
Nearest town Garhchiroli 66 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 67 km

Villages closest to Matoli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matoli village had a population of 459. That makes it the 126th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Matoli village has 233 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matoli has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Matoli is 496115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matoli covers 243.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matoli falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Matoli is Keoti, about 51 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Matoli.

Matoli is about 67 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.

Matoli is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 3.2 km away. Keoti is about 51 km away. Garhchiroli is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chanakyapuri (2.8 km), Anand Nagar (3.1 km) and Satyanand Nagar (3.1 km).

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

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