About Matfallu Village

Matfallu is a mid sized village in Phillaur tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 784, made up of 400 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 157.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matfallu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matfallu village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Phillaur
Pincode	144418
Area (hectares)	157.09 hectares
Population	784
Male Population	400
Female Population	384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matfallu compares

By the 2011 count Matfallu is the 139th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents. Its 157.09 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Matfallu

Matfallu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matfallu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Matfallu from other places

Matfallu lies about 33 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Kultham Abdulla Shah, about 6.2 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 Matfallu
Nearest railway station	Kultham Abdulla Shah	6.2 km
Nearest town	Phagwāra	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Phillaur	16 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	33 km

Villages closest to Matfallu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matfallu village had a population of 784. That makes it the 139th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents.

Matfallu village has 400 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matfallu has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Matfallu is 144418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matfallu covers 157.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matfallu falls under Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Matfallu is Kultham Abdulla Shah, about 6.2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Matfallu.

Matfallu is about 33 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matfallu is in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district. Kultham Abdulla Shah is about 6.2 km away. Phagwāra is about 12 km away. Phillaur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.