About Matwasa Village

Matwasa is a small village in Khanpur tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 140 males and 138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matwasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matwasa village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhalawar
Tehsil	Khanpur
Pincode	326038
Area (hectares)	223.73 hectares
Population	278
Male Population	140
Female Population	138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
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 Matwasa compares

By the 2011 count Matwasa is the 152nd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 828 residents. Its 223.73 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Matwasa

Matwasa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matwasa 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 Matwasa from other places

Matwasa lies about 18 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Jhalarapatan, about 19 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 Matwasa
Tehsil headquarters	Khanpur	11 km
District headquarters	Jhalawar	18 km
Nearest town	Jhālāwār	18 km
Nearest railway station	Jhalarapatan	19 km

Villages closest to Matwasa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matwasa village had a population of 278. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 828 residents.

Matwasa village has 140 males and 138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matwasa has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Matwasa is 326038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matwasa covers 223.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matwasa falls under Khanpur tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Matwasa is Jhalarapatan, about 19 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 Matwasa.

Matwasa is about 18 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matwasa is in Khanpur tehsil of Jhalawar district. Khanpur is about 11 km away. Jhalawar is about 18 km away. Jhālāwār is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.