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About Matwara Village

Matwara is a mid sized village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,902, made up of 971 males and 931 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 689.74 hectares hectares.

Matwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matwara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Bahoriband
Area (hectares) 689.74 hectares
Population 1,902
Male Population 971
Female Population 931
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 959
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Matwara compares

By the 2011 count Matwara is the 27th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 689.74 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Matwara

The census records public bus service for Matwara as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matwara from other places

Matwara lies about 25 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Sleemanabad Road, about 1.9 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 Matwara
Nearest railway station Sleemanabad Road 1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Bahoriband 24 km
Nearest town Sihorā 25 km
District headquarters Katni 25 km

Villages closest to Matwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matwara village had a population of 1,902. That makes it the 27th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Matwara village has 971 males and 931 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matwara has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

Matwara covers 689.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matwara falls under Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matwara is Sleemanabad Road, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Matwara.

Matwara is about 25 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matwara is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Sleemanabad Road is about 1.9 km away. Bahoriband is about 24 km away. Sihorā is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandhi (2.0 km), Lingri (3.6 km) and Lakhanwara (4.4 km).

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

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