About Matihani Village

Matihani is a mid sized village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,158, made up of 617 males and 541 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matihani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matihani village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	201 hectares
Population	1,158
Male Population	617
Female Population	541
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matihani compares

By the 2011 count Matihani is the 27th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 201 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 Matihani

Matihani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matihani as Available within 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. The nearest villages by name are Manikpur, Mardaura, Mari Kawadih and Matha. 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 Matihani

As per the Census of India 2011, Matihani village had a population of 1,158. That makes it the 27th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Matihani village has 617 males and 541 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matihani 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 Matihani is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matihani covers 201 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matihani falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Matihani 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 5 - 10 km distance for Matihani.

Matihani 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.