About Matais Village

Matais is a mid sized village in Hilli tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,392, made up of 730 males and 662 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matais Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matais village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Hilli
Pincode	733145
Area (hectares)	245.89 hectares
Population	1,392
Male Population	730
Female Population	662
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matais compares

By the 2011 count Matais is the 19th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 245.89 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 948.

Getting to Matais

Matais is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matais 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. The nearest villages by name are Lalpur, Laskarpur, Mahishnota and Makhatair. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Matais

As per the Census of India 2011, Matais village had a population of 1,392. That makes it the 19th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Matais village has 730 males and 662 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matais has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Matais is 733145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matais covers 245.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matais falls under Hilli tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Matais notes the nearest railway station 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 Matais.

Matais is in Hilli tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.