About Matigarahat Village

Matigarahat is a large village in Matigara tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,710, made up of 2,413 males and 2,297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734014, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matigarahat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matigarahat village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Matigara
Pincode	734014
Area (hectares)	28.73 hectares
Population	4,710
Male Population	2,413
Female Population	2,297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Matigarahat compares

By the 2011 count Matigarahat is the 9th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents. Its 28.73 hectares work out to about 164 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Matigarahat

Matigarahat is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Matigarahat as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matigarahat from other places

Matigarahat lies about 36 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Matigara Station, about under 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 Matigarahat
Tehsil headquarters	Matigara	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Matigara Station	under 2 km
Nearest town	Siliguri	5.0 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	36 km

Villages closest to Matigarahat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matigarahat village had a population of 4,710. That makes it the 9th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents.

Matigarahat village has 2,413 males and 2,297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matigarahat has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Matigarahat is 734014. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matigarahat covers 28.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 164 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Matigarahat falls under Matigara tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Matigarahat is Matigara Station, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Matigarahat.

Matigarahat is about 36 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matigarahat is in Matigara tehsil of Darjiling district. Matigara is about under 2 km away. Matigara Station is about under 2 km away. Siliguri is about 5.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.