About Matkunda Village

Matkunda is a small village in THALISAIN tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 53, made up of 23 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,304 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246275, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matkunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matkunda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	THALISAIN
Pincode	246275
Area (hectares)	52.18 hectares
Population	53
Male Population	23
Female Population	30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,304
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 Matkunda compares

By the 2011 count Matkunda is the 339th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 232 residents. Its 52.18 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1285.

Getting to Matkunda

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

Matkunda 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 Matkunda
Tehsil headquarters	THALISAIN	13 km
Nearest town	Pauri	38 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	44 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	54 km

Villages closest to Matkunda

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 Matkunda

As per the Census of India 2011, Matkunda village had a population of 53. That makes it the 339th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 232 residents.

Matkunda village has 23 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matkunda has about 1304 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1285.

The pincode recorded for Matkunda is 246275. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matkunda covers 52.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Matkunda falls under THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Matkunda 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 Matkunda.

Matkunda 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.

Matkunda 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.