About Matha Village

Matha is a small village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 398, made up of 212 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	91 hectares
Population	398
Male Population	212
Female Population	186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
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 Matha compares

By the 2011 count Matha is the 131st largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 91 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 954.

Getting to Matha

Matha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Matha 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 Malghaghar, Mandaldih, Manikpur and Mardaura. 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 Matha

As per the Census of India 2011, Matha village had a population of 398. That makes it the 131st largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Matha village has 212 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matha has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Matha is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matha covers 91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matha falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Matha 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 Matha.

Matha is in Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka 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.