About Matapur Village

Matapur is a mid sized village in Khalwa tehsil, in the district of Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,308, made up of 688 males and 620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 596.04 hectares hectares.

Matapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matapur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khandwa
Tehsil	Khalwa
Area (hectares)	596.04 hectares
Population	1,308
Male Population	688
Female Population	620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matapur compares

By the 2011 count Matapur is the 80th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,509 residents. Its 596.04 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Matapur

Matapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matapur as Available within 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 Matapur from other places

Matapur lies about 43 km from Khandwa, and the nearest railway station is Chhanera, about 10 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 Matapur
Tehsil headquarters	Khalwa	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Chhanera	10 km
Nearest town	Chhanerā	10 km
District headquarters	Khandwa	43 km

Villages closest to Matapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matapur village had a population of 1,308. That makes it the 80th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,509 residents.

Matapur village has 688 males and 620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matapur has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Matapur covers 596.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matapur falls under Khalwa tehsil of Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matapur is Chhanera, about 10 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Matapur.

Matapur is about 43 km from Khandwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matapur is in Khalwa tehsil of Khandwa district. Khalwa is about 9.9 km away. Chhanera is about 10 km away. Chhanerā is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.