About Matkiya Village

Matkiya is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 272, made up of 136 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matkiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matkiya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Devipur
Pincode	814152
Area (hectares)	172.75 hectares
Population	272
Male Population	136
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matkiya compares

By the 2011 count Matkiya is the 141st largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 172.75 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 945.

Getting to Matkiya

Matkiya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Matkiya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Manusmari, Mardandih, Markiari and Marro. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Matkiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Matkiya village had a population of 272. That makes it the 141st largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Matkiya village has 136 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matkiya has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Matkiya is 814152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matkiya covers 172.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matkiya falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Matkiya notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Matkiya.

Matkiya is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.