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About Matiha Village

Matiha is a large village in Nanpara tehsil, in the district of Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,632, made up of 1,446 males and 1,186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 820 females per 1000 males. The village covers 590.58 hectares hectares.

Matiha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bahraich
Tehsil Nanpara
Area (hectares) 590.58 hectares
Population 2,632
Male Population 1,446
Female Population 1,186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 820
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matiha compares

By the 2011 count Matiha is the 180th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,934 residents. Its 590.58 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Matiha

Matiha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Matiha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Matiha from other places

Matiha lies about 41 km from Bahraich, and the nearest railway station is Raibojha, about 9.6 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 Matiha
Nearest railway station Raibojha 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Nanpara 9.7 km
Nearest town Nānpāra 9.7 km
District headquarters Bahraich 41 km

Villages closest to Matiha

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 Matiha

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiha village had a population of 2,632. That makes it the 180th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,934 residents.

Matiha village has 1,446 males and 1,186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiha has about 820 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 895.

Matiha covers 590.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matiha falls under Nanpara tehsil of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matiha is Raibojha, about 9.6 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 10+ km distance for Matiha.

Matiha is about 41 km from Bahraich in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiha is in Nanpara tehsil of Bahraich district. Raibojha is about 9.6 km away. Nanpara is about 9.7 km away. Nānpāra is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gokulpur (under 2 km), Chandanpur (1.8 km) and Narayanpur Kalan (1.9 km).

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

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