About Matagutu Village

Matagutu is a mid sized village in Jhinkpani tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,936, made up of 860 males and 1,076 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,251 females per 1000 males. The village covers 431 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matagutu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matagutu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Jhinkpani
Pincode	833215
Area (hectares)	431 hectares
Population	1,936
Male Population	860
Female Population	1,076
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,251
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Matagutu compares

By the 2011 count Matagutu is the 7th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,508 residents. Its 431 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Matagutu

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

How far is Matagutu from other places

Matagutu lies about 20 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Jhinkpani, about 2.6 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 Matagutu
Nearest railway station	Jhinkpani	2.6 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	12 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	20 km

Villages closest to Matagutu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matagutu village had a population of 1,936. That makes it the 7th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,508 residents.

Matagutu village has 860 males and 1,076 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matagutu has about 1251 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

The pincode recorded for Matagutu is 833215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matagutu covers 431 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matagutu falls under Jhinkpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Matagutu is Jhinkpani, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Matagutu is about 20 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matagutu is in Jhinkpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Jhinkpani is about 2.6 km away. Chāībāsa is about 12 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.