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About Matnog Village

Matnog is a mid sized village in Manika tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,616, made up of 798 males and 818 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matnog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matnog village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Latehar
Tehsil Manika
Pincode 822126
Area (hectares) 282 hectares
Population 1,616
Male Population 798
Female Population 818
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
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 Matnog compares

By the 2011 count Matnog is the 17th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,074 residents. Its 282 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Matnog

Matnog is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matnog 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 Matnog from other places

Matnog lies about 62 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kajri, about 34 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 Matnog
Tehsil headquarters Manika 21 km
Nearest railway station Kajri 34 km
Nearest town Medininagar 40 km
District headquarters Latehar 62 km

Villages closest to Matnog

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matnog village had a population of 1,616. That makes it the 17th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,074 residents.

Matnog village has 798 males and 818 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matnog has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Matnog is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matnog covers 282 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matnog falls under Manika tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Matnog is Kajri, about 34 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 Matnog.

Matnog is about 62 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matnog is in Manika tehsil of Latehar district. Manika is about 21 km away. Kajri is about 34 km away. Medininagar is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matnag (under 2 km), Palhea (2.2 km) and Puruipalhea (2.2 km).

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

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