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About Matoli Village

Matoli is a mid sized village in Afzalpur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,556, made up of 800 males and 756 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1006.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matoli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Afzalpur
Pincode 585301
Area (hectares) 1006.31 hectares
Population 1,556
Male Population 800
Female Population 756
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matoli compares

By the 2011 count Matoli is the 38th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents. Its 1006.31 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Matoli

Matoli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matoli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Matoli from other places

Matoli lies about 45 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kulali, about 15 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 Matoli
Tehsil headquarters Afzalpur 7.6 km
Nearest railway station Kulali 15 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 45 km

Villages closest to Matoli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matoli village had a population of 1,556. That makes it the 38th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents.

Matoli village has 800 males and 756 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matoli has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Matoli is 585301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matoli covers 1006.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matoli falls under Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Matoli is Kulali, about 15 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 village for Matoli.

Matoli is about 45 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matoli is in Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Afzalpur is about 7.6 km away. Kulali is about 15 km away. Gulbarga is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mallabad (under 2 km), Haliyal (4.1 km) and Chincholi (4.9 km).

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

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