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About Matehna Village

Matehna is a mid sized village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 548, made up of 290 males and 258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.12 hectares hectares.

Matehna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matehna village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Barabanki
Tehsil Fatehpur
Area (hectares) 161.12 hectares
Population 548
Male Population 290
Female Population 258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matehna compares

By the 2011 count Matehna is the 163rd largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,422 residents. Its 161.12 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Matehna

Matehna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matehna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Matehna from other places

Matehna lies about 84 km from Barabanki, and the nearest railway station is Lalganj, about 6.1 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 Matehna
Nearest railway station Lalganj 6.1 km
Nearest town Raebareli 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 33 km
District headquarters Barabanki 84 km

Villages closest to Matehna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matehna village had a population of 548. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,422 residents.

Matehna village has 290 males and 258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matehna has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Matehna covers 161.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matehna falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matehna is Lalganj, about 6.1 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 for Matehna.

Matehna is about 84 km from Barabanki in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matehna is in Fatehpur tehsil of Barabanki district. Lalganj is about 6.1 km away. Raebareli is about 31 km away. Fatehpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shahpurbaskholia (3.8 km), Chandwal (6.0 km) and Bhagauli (9.5 km).

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

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