About Matial Village

Matial is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 141 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,284 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176031, 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	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176031
Area (hectares)	94.91 hectares
Population	322
Male Population	141
Female Population	181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,284
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 44th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 94.91 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1107.

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 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 19 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
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	2.6 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	19 km
District headquarters	Kangra	26 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	40 km

Villages closest to Matial

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jawalamukhi 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 322. That makes it the 44th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Matial village has 141 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matial has about 1284 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Matial is 176031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matial covers 94.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Matial is Jawalamukhi Road, about 19 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 26 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 Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 2.6 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 19 km away. Kangra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.