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About Mataur Village

Mataur is a small village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 121, made up of 67 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mataur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mataur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Rupnagar
Tehsil Anandpur Sahib
Pincode 140118
Area (hectares) 113 hectares
Population 121
Male Population 67
Female Population 54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 806
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Mataur compares

By the 2011 count Mataur is the 175th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 945 residents. Its 113 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 947.

Getting to Mataur

The census records public bus service for Mataur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mataur from other places

Mataur lies about 28 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Anandpur Sahib, about under 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 Mataur
Nearest railway station Anandpur Sahib under 2 km
Nearest town Nangal 22 km
District headquarters Rupnagar 28 km

Villages closest to Mataur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Anandpur Sahib 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.

Common questions about Mataur

As per the Census of India 2011, Mataur village had a population of 121. That makes it the 175th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 945 residents.

Mataur village has 67 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mataur has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Mataur is 140118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mataur covers 113 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mataur falls under Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Mataur is Anandpur Sahib, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Mataur.

Mataur is about 28 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mataur is in Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Anandpur Sahib is about under 2 km away. Nangal is about 22 km away. Rupnagar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balewal (under 2 km), Balowal (under 2 km) and Mehndali Kalan (1.7 km).

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

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