About Matta Village

Matta is one of the larger villages in Jaitu tehsil, in the district of Faridkot, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,121, made up of 3,241 males and 2,880 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1852 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matta village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Faridkot
Tehsil	Jaitu
Pincode	151204
Area (hectares)	1852 hectares
Population	6,121
Male Population	3,241
Female Population	2,880
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Matta compares

By the 2011 count Matta is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,013 residents. Its 1852 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Matta

Matta is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Matta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matta from other places

Matta lies about 22 km from Faridkot, and the nearest railway station is Ajit Gill Matta, about 2.5 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 Matta
Nearest railway station	Ajit Gill Matta	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaitu	6.3 km
Nearest town	Jaito	6.3 km
District headquarters	Faridkot	22 km

Villages closest to Matta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matta village had a population of 6,121. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,013 residents.

Matta village has 3,241 males and 2,880 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matta has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Matta is 151204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matta covers 1852 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matta falls under Jaitu tehsil of Faridkot district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Matta is Ajit Gill Matta, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Matta is about 22 km from Faridkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matta is in Jaitu tehsil of Faridkot district. Ajit Gill Matta is about 2.5 km away. Jaitu is about 6.3 km away. Jaito is about 6.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.