About Matar Village

Matar is a large village in Amod tehsil, in the district of Bharuch, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,448, made up of 1,825 males and 1,623 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1313.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 392035, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matar village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Bharuch
Tehsil	Amod
Pincode	392035
Area (hectares)	1313.36 hectares
Population	3,448
Male Population	1,825
Female Population	1,623
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matar compares

By the 2011 count Matar is the 4th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents. Its 1313.36 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Matar

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

Matar lies about 35 km from Bharuch, and the nearest railway station is Lakodra, about 11 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 Matar
Nearest railway station	Lakodra	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amod	13 km
Nearest town	Karjan	14 km
District headquarters	Bharuch	35 km

Villages closest to Matar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matar village had a population of 3,448. That makes it the 4th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents.

Matar village has 1,825 males and 1,623 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matar has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

The pincode recorded for Matar is 392035. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matar covers 1313.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matar falls under Amod tehsil of Bharuch district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Matar is Lakodra, about 11 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Matar.

Matar is about 35 km from Bharuch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matar is in Amod tehsil of Bharuch district. Lakodra is about 11 km away. Amod is about 13 km away. Karjan is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.