About Matkhaniya Village

Matkhaniya is a small village in Kusmi tehsil, in the district of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 259, made up of 133 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 209.9 hectares hectares.

How Matkhaniya compares

By the 2011 count Matkhaniya is the 87th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 209.9 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Matkhaniya

Matkhaniya is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Matkhaniya 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matkhaniya from other places

Matkhaniya lies about 159 km from Sidhi, and the nearest railway station is Amdara, about 41 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.

Villages closest to Matkhaniya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kusmi tehsil.

• Juri 5.8 km
• Bhadaura 7.8 km
• Tiliya 10 km
• Katarwar 10 km
• Karwahi 14 km
• Kharwar 17 km

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.