About Matiajuri Village

Matiajuri is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 319, made up of 151 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matiajuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiajuri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	814119
Area (hectares)	162 hectares
Population	319
Male Population	151
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,113
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matiajuri compares

By the 2011 count Matiajuri is the 150th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 162 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1013.

Getting to Matiajuri

Matiajuri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matiajuri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matiajuri from other places

Matiajuri lies about 33 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 6.2 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 Matiajuri
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	6.2 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	33 km
District headquarters	Dumka	33 km

Villages closest to Matiajuri

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

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Common questions about Matiajuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiajuri village had a population of 319. That makes it the 150th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Matiajuri village has 151 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiajuri has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Matiajuri is 814119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matiajuri covers 162 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matiajuri falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Matiajuri is Harinsing, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Matiajuri.

Matiajuri is about 33 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiajuri is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 6.2 km away. Rampur Hat is about 23 km away. Shikaripara is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.