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About Matoli Village

Matoli is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 49 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,265 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matoli village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Gangolihat
Pincode 262522
Area (hectares) 48.82 hectares
Population 111
Male Population 49
Female Population 62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,265
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 Matoli compares

By the 2011 count Matoli is the 177th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 48.82 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Matoli

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

Matoli lies about 25 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 64 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 Matoli
Tehsil headquarters Gangolihat 7.2 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 25 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 25 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 64 km

Villages closest to Matoli

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

Common questions about Matoli

As per the Census of India 2011, Matoli village had a population of 111. That makes it the 177th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Matoli village has 49 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matoli has about 1265 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Matoli is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matoli covers 48.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matoli falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Matoli is Kathgodam, about 64 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 Matoli.

Matoli is about 25 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matoli is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 7.2 km away. Pithoragarh is about 25 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bajyura (under 2 km), Nakote (under 2 km) and Bhainsat (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Matoli today is likely to be higher.

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