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About Matli Village

Matli is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 205, made up of 112 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matli village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171220
Area (hectares) 104.03 hectares
Population 205
Male Population 112
Female Population 93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 830
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matli compares

By the 2011 count Matli is the 156th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 104.03 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 990.

Getting to Matli

Matli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Matli from other places

Matli lies about 24 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 Matli
Tehsil headquarters Theog 5.8 km
District headquarters Shimla 24 km

Villages closest to Matli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matli village had a population of 205. That makes it the 156th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Matli village has 112 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matli has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Matli is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matli covers 104.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matli falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Matli 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 <5 km distance for Matli.

Matli is about 24 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matli is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 5.8 km away. Shimla is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Namana (under 2 km), Bhirgarh (under 2 km) and Kiar (under 2 km).

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

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