About Matiara Village

Matiara is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 638, made up of 338 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.52 hectares hectares.

Matiara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiara village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	71.52 hectares
Population	638
Male Population	338
Female Population	300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
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 Matiara compares

By the 2011 count Matiara is the 179th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 71.52 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Matiara

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

Matiara lies about 14 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Kauriaa Jungle, about 5.3 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 Matiara
Nearest railway station	Kauriaa Jungle	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	12 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	14 km

Villages closest to Matiara

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.

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Common questions about Matiara

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiara village had a population of 638. That makes it the 179th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Matiara village has 338 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiara has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Matiara covers 71.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Matiara falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matiara is Kauriaa Jungle, about 5.3 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 Matiara.

Matiara is about 14 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiara is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Kauriaa Jungle is about 5.3 km away. Sahjanwa is about 12 km away. Gorakhpur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.