About Mat Village

Mat is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 81, made up of 37 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,189 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mat village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177114
Area (hectares)	30.47 hectares
Population	81
Male Population	37
Female Population	44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,189
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mat compares

By the 2011 count Mat is the 250th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 30.47 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Mat

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

Mat lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 2.5 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 Mat
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	2.5 km
District headquarters	Kangra	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	13 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km

Villages closest to Mat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mat village had a population of 81. That makes it the 250th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Mat village has 37 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mat has about 1189 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Mat is 177114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mat covers 30.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mat falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mat is Jawalamukhi Road, about 2.5 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 Mat.

Mat is about 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mat is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 2.5 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Dera Gopipur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.