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About Mat Khas Village

Mat Khas is a large village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,275, made up of 1,552 males and 1,723 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.94 hectares hectares.

Mat Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mat Khas village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 156.94 hectares
Population 3,275
Male Population 1,552
Female Population 1,723
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,110
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 Mat Khas compares

By the 2011 count Mat Khas is the 19th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 156.94 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Mat Khas

Mat Khas is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Mat Khas 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 Mat Khas from other places

Mat Khas lies about 3.7 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Domingarh, about 2.8 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 Mat Khas
Nearest railway station Domingarh 2.8 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 14 km

Villages closest to Mat Khas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sahjanwa 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 Mat Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Mat Khas village had a population of 3,275. That makes it the 19th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Mat Khas village has 1,552 males and 1,723 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mat Khas has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Mat Khas covers 156.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Mat Khas falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mat Khas is Domingarh, about 2.8 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 Mat Khas.

Mat Khas is about 3.7 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mat Khas is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Domingarh is about 2.8 km away. Gorakhpur is about 3.7 km away. Sahjanwa 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 Ret Khas (under 2 km), Ekdanga (2.2 km) and Kolia Mafi (3.1 km).

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

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