About Matiyawa Village

Matiyawa is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 285, made up of 155 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matiyawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiyawa village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	231.97 hectares
Population	285
Male Population	155
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	839
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 Matiyawa compares

By the 2011 count Matiyawa is the 67th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 231.97 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Matiyawa

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

Matiyawa lies about 36 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 Matiyawa
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	12 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	23 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	36 km

Villages closest to Matiyawa

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.

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Common questions about Matiyawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiyawa village had a population of 285. That makes it the 67th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Matiyawa village has 155 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiyawa has about 839 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 Matiyawa is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matiyawa covers 231.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matiyawa falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Matiyawa 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 Matiyawa.

Matiyawa is about 36 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiyawa is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 12 km away. Mussoorie is about 23 km away. Dehradun is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.