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About Matlah Village

Matlah is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 121, made up of 57 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,123 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matlah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matlah village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kasauli
Pincode 173209
Area (hectares) 26.45 hectares
Population 121
Male Population 57
Female Population 64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,123
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Matlah compares

By the 2011 count Matlah is the 115th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 26.45 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Matlah

The census records public bus service for Matlah as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matlah from other places

Matlah lies about 8.5 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Dharampur Himachal, about 2.0 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 Matlah
Nearest railway station Dharampur Himachal 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Kasauli 5.9 km
District headquarters Solan 8.5 km

Villages closest to Matlah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matlah village had a population of 121. That makes it the 115th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Matlah village has 57 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matlah has about 1123 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Matlah is 173209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matlah covers 26.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matlah falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matlah is Dharampur Himachal, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Matlah.

Matlah is about 8.5 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matlah is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Dharampur Himachal is about 2.0 km away. Kasauli is about 5.9 km away. Solan is about 8.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhar (under 2 km), Dhar Ki Ber (under 2 km) and Bhere Ka Khech (under 2 km).

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

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