About Matalwas Village

Matalwas is a mid sized village in Kotkasim tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 746, made up of 379 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 260.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matalwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matalwas village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Kotkasim
Pincode	301702
Area (hectares)	260.87 hectares
Population	746
Male Population	379
Female Population	367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
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 Matalwas compares

By the 2011 count Matalwas is the 69th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,190 residents. Its 260.87 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Matalwas

Matalwas is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matalwas 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matalwas from other places

Matalwas lies about 58 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Bharawas, about 15 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 Matalwas
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkasim	4.8 km
Nearest railway station	Bharawas	15 km
Nearest town	Dhāruhera	16 km
District headquarters	Alwar	58 km

Villages closest to Matalwas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matalwas village had a population of 746. That makes it the 69th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,190 residents.

Matalwas village has 379 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matalwas has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Matalwas is 301702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matalwas covers 260.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matalwas falls under Kotkasim tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Matalwas is Bharawas, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Matalwas.

Matalwas is about 58 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matalwas is in Kotkasim tehsil of Alwar district. Kotkasim is about 4.8 km away. Bharawas is about 15 km away. Dhāruhera is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.