About Matela Village

Matela is a mid sized village in Dhari tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 559, made up of 292 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263157, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matela village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Dhari
Pincode	263157
Area (hectares)	191.62 hectares
Population	559
Male Population	292
Female Population	267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matela compares

By the 2011 count Matela is the 57th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 511 residents. Its 191.62 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Matela

Matela is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matela as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Matela from other places

Matela lies about 88 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 15 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 Matela
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhari	23 km
District headquarters	Nainital	88 km

Villages closest to Matela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matela village had a population of 559. That makes it the 57th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 511 residents.

Matela village has 292 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matela has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Matela is 263157. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matela covers 191.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matela falls under Dhari tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Matela is Kotdwara, about 15 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 village for Matela.

Matela is about 88 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matela is in Dhari tehsil of Nainital district. Kotdwāra is about 15 km away. Kotdwara is about 15 km away. Dhari is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.