About Matal Village

Matal is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 268, made up of 147 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171211
Area (hectares)	218.24 hectares
Population	268
Male Population	147
Female Population	121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	823
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matal compares

By the 2011 count Matal is the 38th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 218.24 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Matal

Matal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Matal from other places

Matal lies about 41 km from Shimla. 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 Matal
Tehsil headquarters	Chaupal	8.1 km
District headquarters	Shimla	41 km

Villages closest to Matal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matal village had a population of 268. That makes it the 38th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Matal village has 147 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matal has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Matal is 171211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matal covers 218.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matal falls under Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Matal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Matal.

Matal is about 41 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matal is in Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district. Chaupal is about 8.1 km away. Shimla is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.