About Materia Village

Materia is a mid sized village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,684, made up of 890 males and 794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271861, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Materia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Materia village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Balrampur
Tehsil	Balrampur
Pincode	271861
Area (hectares)	281.78 hectares
Population	1,684
Male Population	890
Female Population	794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
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 Materia compares

By the 2011 count Materia is the 140th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,207 residents. Its 281.78 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Materia

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

Materia lies about 16 km from Balrampur, and the nearest railway station is Gainjahwa, about 10 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 Materia
Nearest railway station	Gainjahwa	10 km
Nearest town	Utraula	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balrampur	16 km

Villages closest to Materia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Materia village had a population of 1,684. That makes it the 140th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,207 residents.

Materia village has 890 males and 794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Materia has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Materia is 271861. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Materia covers 281.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Materia falls under Balrampur tehsil of Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Materia is Gainjahwa, about 10 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 Materia.

Materia is about 16 km from Balrampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Materia is in Balrampur tehsil of Balrampur district. Gainjahwa is about 10 km away. Utraula is about 14 km away. Balrampur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.