About Matwala Village

Matwala is a small village in Rawti tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 141 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190.59 hectares hectares.

Matwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matwala village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ratlam
Tehsil	Rawti
Area (hectares)	190.59 hectares
Population	260
Male Population	141
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matwala compares

By the 2011 count Matwala is the 81st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 913 residents. Its 190.59 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Matwala

Matwala is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Matwala as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matwala from other places

Matwala lies about 34 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Bhairongarh, about 13 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 Matwala
Nearest railway station	Bhairongarh	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rawti	34 km
District headquarters	Ratlam	34 km
Nearest town	Ratlām	34 km

Villages closest to Matwala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matwala village had a population of 260. That makes it the 81st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 913 residents.

Matwala village has 141 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matwala has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Matwala covers 190.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matwala falls under Rawti tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matwala is Bhairongarh, about 13 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 10+ km distance for Matwala.

Matwala is about 34 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matwala is in Rawti tehsil of Ratlam district. Bhairongarh is about 13 km away. Rawti is about 34 km away. Ratlam is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.