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About Mattigar Village

Mattigar is a mid sized village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,113, made up of 553 males and 560 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 842.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mattigar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mattigar village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Sirsi
Pincode 581315
Area (hectares) 842.9 hectares
Population 1,113
Male Population 553
Female Population 560
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Mattigar compares

By the 2011 count Mattigar is the 22nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 842.9 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Mattigar

Mattigar 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 Mattigar 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 Mattigar from other places

Mattigar lies about 24 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 35 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 Mattigar
Tehsil headquarters Sirsi 13 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 24 km
Nearest railway station Mirjan 35 km

Villages closest to Mattigar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mattigar village had a population of 1,113. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Mattigar village has 553 males and 560 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mattigar has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Mattigar is 581315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mattigar covers 842.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mattigar falls under Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Mattigar is Mirjan, about 35 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 Mattigar.

Mattigar is about 24 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mattigar is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Sirsi is about 13 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 24 km away. Mirjan is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nerlavalli (under 2 km), Hanagar (under 2 km) and Kukri (2.1 km).

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

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