About Matlana Village

Matlana is a small village in Dadahu tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 89, made up of 42 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matlana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matlana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Dadahu
Pincode	173022
Area (hectares)	203 hectares
Population	89
Male Population	42
Female Population	47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,119
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matlana compares

By the 2011 count Matlana is the 57th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 242 residents. Its 203 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Matlana

Matlana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matlana as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Matlana from other places

Matlana lies about 9.9 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 32 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 Matlana
District headquarters	Sirmaur	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dadahu	15 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	16 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	32 km

Villages closest to Matlana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matlana village had a population of 89. That makes it the 57th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 242 residents.

Matlana village has 42 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matlana has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Matlana is 173022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matlana covers 203 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matlana falls under Dadahu tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matlana is Barog, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Matlana.

Matlana is about 9.9 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matlana is in Dadahu tehsil of Sirmaur district. Sirmaur is about 9.9 km away. Dadahu is about 15 km away. Nāhan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.