About Matane Village

Matane is a mid sized village in Dodamarg tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,994, made up of 1,073 males and 921 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 660.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416512, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matane Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matane village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Dodamarg
Pincode	416512
Area (hectares)	660.01 hectares
Population	1,994
Male Population	1,073
Female Population	921
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matane compares

By the 2011 count Matane is the 4th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 660.01 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 1040.

Getting to Matane

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

Matane lies about 35 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Thivim, 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 Matane
Tehsil headquarters	Dodamarg	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Thivim	12 km
Nearest town	Mapusa	20 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	35 km

Villages closest to Matane

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matane village had a population of 1,994. That makes it the 4th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Matane village has 1,073 males and 921 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matane has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1040.

The pincode recorded for Matane is 416512. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matane covers 660.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matane falls under Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Matane is Thivim, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Matane.

Matane is about 35 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matane is in Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Dodamarg is about 7.0 km away. Thivim is about 12 km away. Mapusa is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.