About Matwari Village

Matwari is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,318, made up of 659 males and 659 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 605.24 hectares hectares.

Matwari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matwari village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Murwara
Area (hectares)	605.24 hectares
Population	1,318
Male Population	659
Female Population	659
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matwari compares

By the 2011 count Matwari is the 40th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 605.24 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Matwari

Matwari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matwari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Matwari from other places

Matwari lies about 12 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Niwar, about 8.1 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 Matwari
Nearest railway station	Niwar	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murwara	12 km
District headquarters	Katni	12 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	12 km

Villages closest to Matwari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matwari village had a population of 1,318. That makes it the 40th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Matwari village has 659 males and 659 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matwari has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Matwari covers 605.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matwari falls under Murwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matwari is Niwar, about 8.1 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 village for Matwari.

Matwari is about 12 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matwari is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Niwar is about 8.1 km away. Murwara is about 12 km away. Katni is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.