About Matela Village

Matela is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 174, made up of 92 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248179, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matela village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhanaulti
Pincode	248179
Area (hectares)	112.99 hectares
Population	174
Male Population	92
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matela compares

By the 2011 count Matela is the 155th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 112.99 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Matela

Matela is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matela as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Matela from other places

Matela lies about 44 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 21 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	Mussoorie	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaulti	21 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	44 km

Villages closest to Matela

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhanaulti 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 174. That makes it the 155th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Matela village has 92 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matela has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Matela is 248179. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matela covers 112.99 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.

Matela falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Matela is Dehradun, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Matela.

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

Matela is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 5.8 km away. Dehradun is about 21 km away. Dhanaulti is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.