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About Matarkund Village

Matarkund is a mid sized village in Pati tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 856, made up of 437 males and 419 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 669.66 hectares hectares.

Matarkund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matarkund village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Barwani
Tehsil Pati
Area (hectares) 669.66 hectares
Population 856
Male Population 437
Female Population 419
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 959
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Matarkund compares

By the 2011 count Matarkund is the 69th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents. Its 669.66 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Matarkund

Matarkund 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 Matarkund 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matarkund from other places

Matarkund lies about 33 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Alirajpur, about 52 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 Matarkund
Tehsil headquarters Pati 15 km
District headquarters Barwani 33 km
Nearest town Barwāni 33 km
Nearest railway station Alirajpur 52 km

Villages closest to Matarkund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matarkund village had a population of 856. That makes it the 69th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents.

Matarkund village has 437 males and 419 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matarkund has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 980.

Matarkund covers 669.66 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.

Matarkund falls under Pati tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matarkund is Alirajpur, about 52 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Matarkund is about 33 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matarkund is in Pati tehsil of Barwani district. Pati is about 15 km away. Barwani is about 33 km away. Barwāni is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Piparkund (1.9 km), Bokarata (2.8 km) and Ubadgarh (3.1 km).

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

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