About Matial Kalan Village

Matial Kalan is a small village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 270, made up of 117 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,308 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176088, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matial Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matial Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baijnath
Pincode	176088
Area (hectares)	55.93 hectares
Population	270
Male Population	117
Female Population	153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,308
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matial Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Matial Kalan is the 108th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 55.93 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

Getting to Matial Kalan

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

Matial Kalan lies about 31 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 3.4 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 Matial Kalan
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baijnath	6.5 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	30 km
District headquarters	Kangra	31 km

Villages closest to Matial Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baijnath 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 Matial Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Matial Kalan village had a population of 270. That makes it the 108th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Matial Kalan village has 117 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matial Kalan has about 1308 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

The pincode recorded for Matial Kalan is 176088. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matial Kalan covers 55.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matial Kalan falls under Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matial Kalan is Panchrukhi, about 3.4 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 village for Matial Kalan.

Matial Kalan is about 31 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matial Kalan is in Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district. Panchrukhi is about 3.4 km away. Baijnath is about 6.5 km away. Dharamsala is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.