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About Matyari Village

Matyari is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 165, made up of 80 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matyari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matyari village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176056
Area (hectares) 27 hectares
Population 165
Male Population 80
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Matyari compares

By the 2011 count Matyari is the 102nd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 27 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Matyari

Matyari is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Matyari 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matyari from other places

Matyari lies about 9.7 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 8.1 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 Matyari
Nearest town Dharamsala 6.2 km
Nearest railway station Kangra Mandir 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 8.4 km
District headquarters Kangra 9.7 km

Villages closest to Matyari

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

Common questions about Matyari

As per the Census of India 2011, Matyari village had a population of 165. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Matyari village has 80 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matyari has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Matyari is 176056. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matyari covers 27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Matyari falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matyari is Kangra Mandir, about 8.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Matyari is about 9.7 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matyari is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 6.2 km away. Kangra Mandir is about 8.1 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Panjlehr (2.1 km), Rin (4.1 km) and Phalondi (4.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Matyari today is likely to be higher.

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