About Matatu Village

Matatu is a small village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 248 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matatu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matatu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ormanjhi
Pincode	835219
Area (hectares)	380 hectares
Population	462
Male Population	248
Female Population	214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
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 Matatu compares

By the 2011 count Matatu is the 61st largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 380 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 960.

Getting to Matatu

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

Matatu lies about 27 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Gangaghat, about 12 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 Matatu
Tehsil headquarters	Ormanjhi	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Gangaghat	12 km
Nearest town	Chitarpur	17 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	27 km

Villages closest to Matatu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matatu village had a population of 462. That makes it the 61st largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Matatu village has 248 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matatu has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Matatu is 835219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matatu covers 380 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matatu falls under Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Matatu is Gangaghat, about 12 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 Matatu.

Matatu is about 27 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matatu is in Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district. Ormanjhi is about 6.0 km away. Gangaghat is about 12 km away. Chitarpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.