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About Matera Kalan Village

Matera Kalan is one of the larger villages in Nanpara tehsil, in the district of Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,029, made up of 3,616 males and 3,413 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 903.73 hectares hectares.

Matera Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matera Kalan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bahraich
Tehsil Nanpara
Area (hectares) 903.73 hectares
Population 7,029
Male Population 3,616
Female Population 3,413
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Matera Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Matera Kalan is the 25th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,934 residents. Its 903.73 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Matera Kalan

Matera Kalan 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 Matera Kalan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Matera Kalan from other places

Matera Kalan lies about 30 km from Bahraich, and the nearest railway station is Nanpara Junction, about 14 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 Matera Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Nanpara 14 km
Nearest town Nānpāra 14 km
Nearest railway station Nanpara Junction 14 km
District headquarters Bahraich 30 km

Villages closest to Matera Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nanpara 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 Matera Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Matera Kalan village had a population of 7,029. That makes it the 25th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,934 residents.

Matera Kalan village has 3,616 males and 3,413 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matera Kalan has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 895.

Matera Kalan covers 903.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Matera Kalan falls under Nanpara tehsil of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matera Kalan is Nanpara Junction, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available for Matera Kalan.

Matera Kalan is about 30 km from Bahraich in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matera Kalan is in Nanpara tehsil of Bahraich district. Nanpara is about 14 km away. Nānpāra is about 14 km away. Nanpara Junction is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Semari Ghatahi (1.5 km), Semari Malmala (1.5 km) and Semariya (1.5 km).

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

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