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About Matiari Village

Matiari is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 672, made up of 303 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,218 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.64 hectares hectares.

Matiari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiari village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 75.64 hectares
Population 672
Male Population 303
Female Population 369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,218
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 Matiari compares

By the 2011 count Matiari is the 174th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 75.64 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Matiari

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

Matiari 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 Matiari
Nearest railway station Kauriaa Jungle 5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 12 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 14 km

Villages closest to Matiari

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 Matiari

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiari village had a population of 672. That makes it the 174th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Matiari village has 303 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiari has about 1218 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Matiari covers 75.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Matiari 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 Matiari.

Matiari 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.

Matiari 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.

The closest recorded villages are Matiara (under 2 km), Sihorwa (2.0 km) and Amsar (2.1 km).

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

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