About Matur Village

Matur is a mid sized village in Siruguppa tehsil, in the district of Bellary, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 708, made up of 344 males and 364 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 998.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bellary
Tehsil	Siruguppa
Pincode	583120
Area (hectares)	998.17 hectares
Population	708
Male Population	344
Female Population	364
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,058
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Matur compares

By the 2011 count Matur is the 68th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,293 residents. Its 998.17 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Matur

Matur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Matur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matur from other places

Matur lies about 76 km from Bellary, and the nearest railway station is Kosgi, about 24 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 Matur
Nearest town	Mānvi	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kosgi	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Siruguppa	25 km
District headquarters	Bellary	76 km

Villages closest to Matur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matur village had a population of 708. That makes it the 68th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,293 residents.

Matur village has 344 males and 364 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matur has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Matur is 583120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matur covers 998.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matur falls under Siruguppa tehsil of Bellary district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Matur is Kosgi, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Matur.

Matur is about 76 km from Bellary in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matur is in Siruguppa tehsil of Bellary district. Mānvi is about 20 km away. Kosgi is about 24 km away. Siruguppa is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.