About Matial Village

Matial is a small village in Baroh tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 163 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176034, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matial village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baroh
Pincode	176034
Area (hectares)	58.51 hectares
Population	329
Male Population	163
Female Population	166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matial compares

By the 2011 count Matial is the 12th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 159 residents. Its 58.51 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Matial

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

Matial lies about 33 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 9.5 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
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baroh	11 km
Nearest town	Mamun	28 km
District headquarters	Kangra	33 km

Villages closest to Matial

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matial village had a population of 329. That makes it the 12th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 159 residents.

Matial village has 163 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matial has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Matial is 176034. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matial covers 58.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matial falls under Baroh tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matial is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 9.5 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.

Matial is about 33 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matial is in Baroh tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 9.5 km away. Baroh is about 11 km away. Mamun is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.