About Matkina Village

Matkina is a small village in Kosya Kutauli tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 43, made up of 21 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263831, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matkina Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matkina village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Kosya Kutauli
Pincode	263831
Area (hectares)	35.68 hectares
Population	43
Male Population	21
Female Population	22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matkina compares

By the 2011 count Matkina is the 100th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 35.68 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1055.

Getting to Matkina

Matkina is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matkina as Available within village. 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 Matkina from other places

Matkina lies about 20 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 29 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 Matkina
Nearest town	Almora	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kosya Kutauli	14 km
District headquarters	Nainital	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	29 km

Villages closest to Matkina

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kosya Kutauli 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 Matkina

As per the Census of India 2011, Matkina village had a population of 43. That makes it the 100th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Matkina village has 21 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matkina has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1055.

The pincode recorded for Matkina is 263831. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matkina covers 35.68 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.

Matkina falls under Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Matkina is Kathgodam, about 29 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Matkina.

Matkina is about 20 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matkina is in Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district. Almora is about 9.9 km away. Kosya Kutauli is about 14 km away. Nainital is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.