About Matahan Village

Matahan is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 150, made up of 77 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Pachhad
Pincode	173024
Area (hectares)	247 hectares
Population	150
Male Population	77
Female Population	73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
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 Matahan compares

By the 2011 count Matahan is the 138th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 247 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Matahan

Matahan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matahan 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 Matahan from other places

Matahan lies about 20 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 23 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 Matahan
Nearest town	Nāhan	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pachhad	20 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	20 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	23 km

Villages closest to Matahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matahan village had a population of 150. That makes it the 138th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Matahan village has 77 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matahan has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Matahan is 173024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matahan covers 247 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matahan falls under Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matahan is Barog, about 23 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 Matahan.

Matahan is about 20 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matahan is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nāhan is about 19 km away. Pachhad is about 20 km away. Sirmaur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.