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About Matkamjharan Village

Matkamjharan is a small village in Lathikata tehsil, in the district of Sundargarh, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 140 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 770037, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matkamjharan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matkamjharan village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Sundargarh
Tehsil Lathikata
Pincode 770037
Area (hectares) 163 hectares
Population 264
Male Population 140
Female Population 124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matkamjharan compares

By the 2011 count Matkamjharan is the 8th largest of the 16 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 478 residents. Its 163 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 948.

Getting to Matkamjharan

Matkamjharan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matkamjharan as Available within 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 Badbudhikudar, Getijharan, Kanarsuan and Kulamunda. 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.

Common questions about Matkamjharan

As per the Census of India 2011, Matkamjharan village had a population of 264. That makes it the 8th largest of the 16 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 478 residents.

Matkamjharan village has 140 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matkamjharan has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Matkamjharan is 770037. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matkamjharan covers 163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matkamjharan falls under Lathikata tehsil of Sundargarh district in Odisha.

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

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

Matkamjharan is in Lathikata tehsil of Sundargarh 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.

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

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