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About Matihani Village

Matihani is a mid sized village in Pathargama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 701, made up of 343 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.1 hectares hectares.

Matihani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matihani village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Pathargama
Area (hectares) 109.1 hectares
Population 701
Male Population 343
Female Population 358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,044
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Matihani compares

By the 2011 count Matihani is the 62nd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 805 residents. Its 109.1 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Matihani

Matihani 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 Matihani as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matihani from other places

Matihani lies about 17 km from Godda. 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 Matihani
Tehsil headquarters Pathargama 4.7 km
District headquarters Godda 17 km

Villages closest to Matihani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matihani village had a population of 701. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 805 residents.

Matihani village has 343 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matihani has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Matihani covers 109.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Matihani falls under Pathargama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Matihani notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Matihani.

Matihani is about 17 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matihani is in Pathargama tehsil of Godda district. Pathargama is about 4.7 km away. Godda is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaura (1.7 km), Maheshliti (1.7 km) and Taratikar (2.1 km).

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

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