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About Matwali Village

Matwali is a large village in Shahabad tehsil, in the district of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,732, made up of 1,441 males and 1,291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 527.98 hectares hectares.

Matwali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matwali village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Rampur
Tehsil Shahabad
Area (hectares) 527.98 hectares
Population 2,732
Male Population 1,441
Female Population 1,291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matwali compares

By the 2011 count Matwali is the 29th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,660 residents. Its 527.98 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Matwali

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

Matwali lies about 40 km from Rampur, and the nearest railway station is Sisarka, 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 Matwali
Nearest railway station Sisarka 6.1 km
Nearest town Chanduasi 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahabad 16 km
District headquarters Rampur 40 km

Villages closest to Matwali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matwali village had a population of 2,732. That makes it the 29th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,660 residents.

Matwali village has 1,441 males and 1,291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matwali has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

Matwali covers 527.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matwali falls under Shahabad tehsil of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matwali is Sisarka, 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 village and private bus service as Available for Matwali.

Matwali is about 40 km from Rampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matwali is in Shahabad tehsil of Rampur district. Sisarka is about 6.1 km away. Chanduasi is about 9.8 km away. Shahabad is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dharmpur (under 2 km), Bhagwantpur (3.1 km) and Bhagwatipur (3.1 km).

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

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