About Matka Village

Matka is a large village in Salon tehsil, in the district of Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,479, made up of 1,725 males and 1,754 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.09 hectares hectares.

Matka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matka village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Rae Bareli
Tehsil	Salon
Area (hectares)	337.09 hectares
Population	3,479
Male Population	1,725
Female Population	1,754
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matka compares

By the 2011 count Matka is the 31st largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,851 residents. Its 337.09 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Matka

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

Matka lies about 29 km from Rae Bareli, and the nearest railway station is Lachhmanpur, about 16 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 Matka
Tehsil headquarters	Salon	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Lachhmanpur	16 km
District headquarters	Rae Bareli	29 km
Nearest town	Raebareli	29 km

Villages closest to Matka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matka village had a population of 3,479. That makes it the 31st largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,851 residents.

Matka village has 1,725 males and 1,754 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matka has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

Matka covers 337.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Matka falls under Salon tehsil of Rae Bareli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matka is Lachhmanpur, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Matka.

Matka is about 29 km from Rae Bareli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matka is in Salon tehsil of Rae Bareli district. Salon is about 4.0 km away. Lachhmanpur is about 16 km away. Rae Bareli is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.