About Matia Village

Matia is a mid sized village in Kegaon tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,621, made up of 858 males and 763 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matia village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Kegaon
Pincode	766036
Area (hectares)	423 hectares
Population	1,621
Male Population	858
Female Population	763
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matia compares

By the 2011 count Matia is the 17th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 964 residents. Its 423 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 1005.

Getting to Matia

Matia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Mahaling, Mahendrapur, Makhala and Makraguda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Matia

As per the Census of India 2011, Matia village had a population of 1,621. That makes it the 17th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 964 residents.

Matia village has 858 males and 763 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matia has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Matia is 766036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matia covers 423 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matia falls under Kegaon tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The census record for Matia notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Matia.

Matia is in Kegaon tehsil of Kalahandi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.