About Mat Village

Mat is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 93, made up of 52 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 788 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176200, 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	Nurpur
Pincode	176200
Area (hectares)	13.73 hectares
Population	93
Male Population	52
Female Population	41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	788
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 312th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 13.73 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

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 33 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 9.5 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	Balle Da Pir Larth	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	11 km
Nearest town	Mamun	28 km
District headquarters	Kangra	33 km

Villages closest to Mat

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.

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Common questions about Mat

As per the Census of India 2011, Mat village had a population of 93. That makes it the 312th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Mat village has 52 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mat has about 788 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 Mat is 176200. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mat covers 13.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Mat is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 9.5 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 33 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 Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 9.5 km away. Nurpur is about 11 km away. Mamun is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.