About Matasamudra Village

Matasamudra is a mid sized village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,459, made up of 754 males and 705 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 922.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577538, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matasamudra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matasamudra village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577538
Area (hectares)	922.12 hectares
Population	1,459
Male Population	754
Female Population	705
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matasamudra compares

By the 2011 count Matasamudra is the 89th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 922.12 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Matasamudra

Matasamudra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matasamudra 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matasamudra from other places

Matasamudra lies about 46 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Challakere, about 17 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 Matasamudra
Nearest railway station	Challakere	17 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	46 km

Villages closest to Matasamudra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matasamudra village had a population of 1,459. That makes it the 89th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Matasamudra village has 754 males and 705 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matasamudra has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Matasamudra is 577538. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matasamudra covers 922.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matasamudra falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Matasamudra is Challakere, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Matasamudra.

Matasamudra is about 46 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matasamudra is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Challakere is about 17 km away. Chitradurga is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.