About Matka Village

Matka is a mid sized village in Athner tehsil, in the district of Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 751, made up of 371 males and 380 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380 hectares hectares.

Matka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Betul
Tehsil	Athner
Area (hectares)	380 hectares
Population	751
Male Population	371
Female Population	380
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Matka compares

By the 2011 count Matka is the 45th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 968 residents. Its 380 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 986.

Getting to Matka

Matka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matka as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Matka from other places

Matka lies about 50 km from Betul, and the nearest railway station is Kolvihir, about 28 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 Matka
Tehsil headquarters	Athner	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kolvihir	28 km
Nearest town	Achalpur	33 km
District headquarters	Betul	50 km

Villages closest to Matka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matka village had a population of 751. That makes it the 45th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 968 residents.

Matka village has 371 males and 380 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matka has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Matka covers 380 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matka falls under Athner tehsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matka is Kolvihir, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Matka.

Matka is about 50 km from Betul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matka is in Athner tehsil of Betul district. Athner is about 26 km away. Kolvihir is about 28 km away. Achalpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.