About Matardega Village

Matardega is a small village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 102 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 824 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matardega Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matardega village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Basia
Pincode	835229
Area (hectares)	218 hectares
Population	186
Male Population	102
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	824
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matardega compares

By the 2011 count Matardega is the 81st largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 218 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Matardega

Matardega is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matardega as Available within 5 - 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matardega from other places

Matardega lies about 32 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 20 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 Matardega
Tehsil headquarters	Basia	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	20 km
Nearest town	Simdega	32 km
District headquarters	Gumla	32 km

Villages closest to Matardega

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matardega village had a population of 186. That makes it the 81st largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Matardega village has 102 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matardega has about 824 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Matardega is 835229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matardega covers 218 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matardega falls under Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Matardega is Kurkura, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance for Matardega.

Matardega is about 32 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matardega is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Basia is about 12 km away. Kurkura is about 20 km away. Simdega is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.