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About Matuka Village

Matuka is a large village in Varanasi tehsil, in the district of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,659, made up of 1,861 males and 1,798 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5.89 hectares hectares.

Matuka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matuka village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Varanasi
Tehsil Varanasi
Area (hectares) 5.89 hectares
Population 3,659
Male Population 1,861
Female Population 1,798
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 966
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Matuka compares

By the 2011 count Matuka is the 89th largest of the 767 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,740 residents. Its 5.89 hectares work out to about 621 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Matuka

Matuka is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Matuka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matuka from other places

Matuka lies about 24 km from Varanasi, and the nearest railway station is Sewapuri, about under 2 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 Matuka
Nearest railway station Sewapuri under 2 km
Nearest town Bhadohi 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Varanasi 24 km

Villages closest to Matuka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matuka village had a population of 3,659. That makes it the 89th largest of the 767 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,740 residents.

Matuka village has 1,861 males and 1,798 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matuka has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 928.

Matuka covers 5.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 621 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Matuka falls under Varanasi tehsil of Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Matuka is Sewapuri, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Matuka.

Matuka is about 24 km from Varanasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matuka is in Varanasi tehsil of Varanasi district. Sewapuri is about under 2 km away. Bhadohi is about 21 km away. Varanasi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jammanpur (under 2 km), Ramdih (under 2 km) and Khillupura (under 2 km).

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

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