About Matku Village

Matku is a large village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,421, made up of 1,186 males and 1,235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 516 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matku Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matku village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Potka
Pincode	832107
Area (hectares)	516 hectares
Population	2,421
Male Population	1,186
Female Population	1,235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matku compares

By the 2011 count Matku is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 516 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Matku

Matku is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Matku as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Matku from other places

Matku lies about 48 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Haludpukur, about 8.5 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 Matku
Nearest town	Gobindpur	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Haludpukur	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Potka	26 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	48 km

Villages closest to Matku

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matku village had a population of 2,421. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Matku village has 1,186 males and 1,235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matku has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Matku is 832107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matku covers 516 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matku falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Matku is Haludpukur, about 8.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Matku.

Matku is about 48 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matku is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Gobindpur is about 5.9 km away. Haludpukur is about 8.5 km away. Potka is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.