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About Matha Village

Matha is a mid sized village in Korpana tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,368, made up of 723 males and 645 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 703 hectares hectares.

Matha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matha village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Korpana
Area (hectares) 703 hectares
Population 1,368
Male Population 723
Female Population 645
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 Matha compares

By the 2011 count Matha is the 18th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 870 residents. Its 703 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 940.

Getting to Matha

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

Matha lies about 36 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Mukutban, about 17 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 Matha
Tehsil headquarters Korpana 3.8 km
Nearest town Chāndur 17 km
Nearest railway station Mukutban 17 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 36 km

Villages closest to Matha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matha village had a population of 1,368. That makes it the 18th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 870 residents.

Matha village has 723 males and 645 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matha has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

Matha covers 703 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matha falls under Korpana tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Matha is Mukutban, about 17 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 Matha.

Matha is about 36 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matha is in Korpana tehsil of Chandrapur district. Korpana is about 3.8 km away. Chāndur is about 17 km away. Mukutban is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Seraj Kh (under 2 km), Sheraj Bk (2.2 km) and Heti (2.7 km).

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

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