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About Matiara Village

Matiara is a mid sized village in Sainthia tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,089, made up of 549 males and 540 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 291.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matiara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Sainthia
Pincode 731201
Area (hectares) 291.58 hectares
Population 1,089
Male Population 549
Female Population 540
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Matiara compares

By the 2011 count Matiara is the 57th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 862 residents. Its 291.58 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Matiara

The census records public bus service for Matiara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matiara from other places

Matiara lies about 26 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 9.2 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 Matiara
Nearest railway station Harinsing 9.2 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 25 km
District headquarters Birbhum 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Sainthia 28 km

Villages closest to Matiara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiara village had a population of 1,089. That makes it the 57th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 862 residents.

Matiara village has 549 males and 540 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiara has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Matiara is 731201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matiara covers 291.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matiara falls under Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Matiara is Harinsing, about 9.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Matiara.

Matiara is about 26 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiara is in Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district. Harinsing is about 9.2 km away. Rampur Hat is about 25 km away. Birbhum is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Narayanpur (3.4 km), Paharpur (5.8 km) and Shashidharpur (9.9 km).

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

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