About Matodha Besan Village

Matodha Besan is a mid sized village in Maharajpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,422, made up of 737 males and 685 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 538.52 hectares hectares.

Matodha Besan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matodha Besan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Maharajpur
Area (hectares)	538.52 hectares
Population	1,422
Male Population	737
Female Population	685
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matodha Besan compares

By the 2011 count Matodha Besan is the 24th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 538.52 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Matodha Besan

Matodha Besan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matodha Besan 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matodha Besan from other places

Matodha Besan lies about 26 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Singhpur Dumra, about 11 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 Matodha Besan
Tehsil headquarters	Maharajpur	8.3 km
Nearest town	Mahārājpur	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Singhpur Dumra	11 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	26 km

Villages closest to Matodha Besan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maharajpur 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 Matodha Besan

As per the Census of India 2011, Matodha Besan village had a population of 1,422. That makes it the 24th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Matodha Besan village has 737 males and 685 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matodha Besan has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 879.

Matodha Besan covers 538.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matodha Besan falls under Maharajpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matodha Besan is Singhpur Dumra, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Matodha Besan.

Matodha Besan is about 26 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matodha Besan is in Maharajpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Maharajpur is about 8.3 km away. Mahārājpur is about 8.3 km away. Singhpur Dumra is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.