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About Matena Village

Matena is a mid sized village in Garud tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 599, made up of 268 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,235 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263641, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matena Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matena village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Garud
Pincode 263641
Area (hectares) 62.48 hectares
Population 599
Male Population 268
Female Population 331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,235
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matena compares

By the 2011 count Matena is the 36th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 62.48 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Matena

Matena is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Matena as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Matena from other places

Matena lies about 16 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 71 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 Matena
Tehsil headquarters Garud 16 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 16 km
Nearest town Almora 34 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 71 km

Villages closest to Matena

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matena village had a population of 599. That makes it the 36th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Matena village has 268 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matena has about 1235 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

The pincode recorded for Matena is 263641. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matena covers 62.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Matena falls under Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Matena is Kathgodam, about 71 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Matena.

Matena is about 16 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matena is in Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district. Garud is about 16 km away. Bageshwar is about 16 km away. Almora is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garser (under 2 km), Baneshwar (under 2 km) and Jinkhola (under 2 km).

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

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