About Matehr Village

Matehr is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 155 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176084, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matehr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matehr village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176084
Area (hectares)	74.2 hectares
Population	318
Male Population	155
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Matehr compares

By the 2011 count Matehr is the 17th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 74.2 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 1176.

Getting to Matehr

Matehr is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matehr 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matehr from other places

Matehr lies about 14 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 2.0 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 Matehr
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	2.0 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	14 km

Villages closest to Matehr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matehr village had a population of 318. That makes it the 17th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Matehr village has 155 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matehr has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Matehr is 176084. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matehr covers 74.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matehr falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matehr is Chamunda Marg, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Matehr.

Matehr is about 14 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matehr is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Chamunda Marg is about 2.0 km away. Dharamsala is about 14 km away. Dhira is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.