About Matkund Village

Matkund is a small village in THALISAIN tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 82, made up of 29 males and 53 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246285, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matkund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matkund village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	THALISAIN
Pincode	246285
Area (hectares)	54.65 hectares
Population	82
Male Population	29
Female Population	53
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,828
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 Matkund compares

By the 2011 count Matkund is the 297th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 232 residents. Its 54.65 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1285.

Getting to Matkund

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

Matkund lies about 44 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 54 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 Matkund
Tehsil headquarters	THALISAIN	13 km
Nearest town	Pauri	38 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	44 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	54 km

Villages closest to Matkund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matkund village had a population of 82. That makes it the 297th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 232 residents.

Matkund village has 29 males and 53 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matkund has about 1828 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1285.

The pincode recorded for Matkund is 246285. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matkund covers 54.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matkund falls under THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Matkund is Kotdwara, about 54 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Matkund.

Matkund is about 44 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matkund is in THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district. THALISAIN is about 13 km away. Pauri is about 38 km away. Garhwal is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.