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About Matiyana Village

Matiyana is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 370, made up of 205 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 805 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matiyana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiyana village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Chakrata
Pincode 248196
Area (hectares) 180.08 hectares
Population 370
Male Population 205
Female Population 165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 805
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 Matiyana compares

By the 2011 count Matiyana is the 51st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 180.08 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Matiyana

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

Matiyana lies about 49 km from Dehradun. 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 Matiyana
Tehsil headquarters Chakrata 8.2 km
Nearest town Pāonta Sāhib 34 km
District headquarters Dehradun 49 km

Villages closest to Matiyana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiyana village had a population of 370. That makes it the 51st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Matiyana village has 205 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiyana has about 805 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Matiyana is 248196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matiyana covers 180.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matiyana falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Matiyana notes the nearest railway station 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 Matiyana.

Matiyana is about 49 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiyana is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 8.2 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 34 km away. Dehradun is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Daudha (under 2 km), Gamari (2.4 km) and Kwarana (2.6 km).

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

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