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About Matama Village

Matama is a mid sized village in Chhapara tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 558, made up of 289 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 273.61 hectares hectares.

Matama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matama village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Chhapara
Area (hectares) 273.61 hectares
Population 558
Male Population 289
Female Population 269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matama compares

By the 2011 count Matama is the 83rd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 273.61 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 980.

Getting to Matama

Matama is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Matama as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Matama from other places

Matama lies about 25 km from Chhapara, and the nearest railway station is Seoni, about 12 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 Matama
Nearest railway station Seoni 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhapara 25 km

Villages closest to Matama

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matama village had a population of 558. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Matama village has 289 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matama has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 980.

Matama covers 273.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matama falls under Chhapara tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matama is Seoni, about 12 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Matama.

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

Matama is in Chhapara tehsil of Seoni district. Seoni is about 12 km away. Chhapara 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 Atama (under 2 km), Ramgarh (4.4 km) and Doriya (7.0 km).

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

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