About Matwad Village

Matwad is a mid sized village in Gandevi tehsil, in the district of Navsari, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,827, made up of 916 males and 911 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 354.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 396430, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matwad village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Navsari
Tehsil	Gandevi
Pincode	396430
Area (hectares)	354.9 hectares
Population	1,827
Male Population	916
Female Population	911
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matwad compares

By the 2011 count Matwad is the 34th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,814 residents. Its 354.9 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Matwad

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

Matwad lies about 21 km from Gandevi, and the nearest railway station is Navsari, about 9.1 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 Matwad
Nearest town	Vijalpor	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Navsari	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gandevi	21 km

Villages closest to Matwad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matwad village had a population of 1,827. That makes it the 34th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,814 residents.

Matwad village has 916 males and 911 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matwad has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Matwad is 396430. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matwad covers 354.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matwad falls under Gandevi tehsil of Navsari district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Matwad is Navsari, about 9.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Matwad.

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

Matwad is in Gandevi tehsil of Navsari district. Vijalpor is about 8.2 km away. Navsari is about 9.1 km away. Gandevi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.