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About Matiwal Village

Matiwal is a small village in Solan tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 148, made up of 79 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matiwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiwal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Solan
Pincode 173212
Area (hectares) 50.77 hectares
Population 148
Male Population 79
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Matiwal compares

By the 2011 count Matiwal is the 114th largest of the 441 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 149 residents. Its 50.77 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Matiwal

Matiwal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Matiwal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Matiwal from other places

Matiwal lies about 2.4 km from Solan. 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 Matiwal
Tehsil headquarters Solan 2.4 km

Villages closest to Matiwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiwal village had a population of 148. That makes it the 114th largest of the 441 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 149 residents.

Matiwal village has 79 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiwal has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Matiwal is 173212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matiwal covers 50.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matiwal falls under Solan tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Matiwal notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Matiwal.

Matiwal is about 2.4 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiwal is in Solan tehsil of Solan district. Solan is about 2.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanog (under 2 km), Mahlog (under 2 km) and Phalahi (under 2 km).

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

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