About Matai Village

Matai is a mid sized village in Khargram tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 616, made up of 304 males and 312 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742157, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matai village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Tehsil	Khargram
Pincode	742157
Area (hectares)	162.19 hectares
Population	616
Male Population	304
Female Population	312
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matai compares

By the 2011 count Matai is the 114th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents. Its 162.19 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Matai

Matai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matai 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matai from other places

Matai lies about 30 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Lohapur, about 19 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 Matai
Tehsil headquarters	Khargram	12 km
Nearest railway station	Lohapur	19 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	20 km
District headquarters	Murshidabad	30 km

Villages closest to Matai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matai village had a population of 616. That makes it the 114th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents.

Matai village has 304 males and 312 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matai has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Matai is 742157. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matai covers 162.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matai falls under Khargram tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Matai is Lohapur, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Matai.

Matai is about 30 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matai is in Khargram tehsil of Murshidabad district. Khargram is about 12 km away. Lohapur is about 19 km away. Rampur Hat is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.