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About Matholi Village

Matholi is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 212 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matholi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176204
Area (hectares) 109.26 hectares
Population 396
Male Population 212
Female Population 184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Matholi compares

By the 2011 count Matholi is the 144th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 109.26 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Matholi

Matholi 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 Matholi 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 Matholi from other places

Matholi lies about 43 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 1.9 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 Matholi
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 4.4 km
Nearest town Mamun 15 km
District headquarters Kangra 43 km

Villages closest to Matholi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matholi village had a population of 396. That makes it the 144th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Matholi village has 212 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matholi has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Matholi is 176204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matholi covers 109.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matholi falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matholi is Nurpur Road, about 1.9 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 Matholi.

Matholi is about 43 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matholi is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur Road is about 1.9 km away. Nurpur is about 4.4 km away. Mamun is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mamor (under 2 km), Badwal (under 2 km) and Kamnala Khas (under 2 km).

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

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