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About Matihani Village

Matihani is a mid sized village in Sihawal tehsil, in the district of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,082, made up of 572 males and 510 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187.24 hectares hectares.

Matihani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matihani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sidhi
Tehsil Sihawal
Area (hectares) 187.24 hectares
Population 1,082
Male Population 572
Female Population 510
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matihani compares

By the 2011 count Matihani is the 85th largest of the 286 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 187.24 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Matihani

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

Matihani lies about 26 km from Sidhi, and the nearest railway station is Majhaoli, about 40 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 Matihani
Tehsil headquarters Sihawal 17 km
District headquarters Sidhi 26 km
Nearest railway station Majhaoli 40 km

Villages closest to Matihani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matihani village had a population of 1,082. That makes it the 85th largest of the 286 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Matihani village has 572 males and 510 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matihani has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Matihani covers 187.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matihani falls under Sihawal tehsil of Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matihani is Majhaoli, about 40 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Matihani.

Matihani is about 26 km from Sidhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matihani is in Sihawal tehsil of Sidhi district. Sihawal is about 17 km away. Sidhi is about 26 km away. Majhaoli is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarsa (under 2 km), Paigma Abad (under 2 km) and Paigma Viran (under 2 km).

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

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