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About Matianipahar Village

Matianipahar is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 57, made up of 32 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 781 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matianipahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matianipahar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816116
Area (hectares) 16 hectares
Population 57
Male Population 32
Female Population 25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 781
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Matianipahar compares

By the 2011 count Matianipahar is the 163rd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 16 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Matianipahar

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

How far is Matianipahar from other places

Matianipahar lies about 16 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, 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 Matianipahar
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 12 km
Nearest railway station Karanpurato 12 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 16 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 16 km

Villages closest to Matianipahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matianipahar village had a population of 57. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Matianipahar village has 32 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matianipahar has about 781 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Matianipahar is 816116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matianipahar covers 16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matianipahar falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Matianipahar is Karanpurato, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Matianipahar is about 16 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matianipahar is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Taljhari is about 12 km away. Karanpurato is about 12 km away. Sahibganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basko (1.9 km), Taljhari (3.3 km) and Taljhari Mission (3.3 km).

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

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