About Matihana Village

Matihana is a small village in Jhargram tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 365, made up of 188 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.94 hectares hectares.

Matihana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matihana village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Jhargram
Area (hectares)	53.94 hectares
Population	365
Male Population	188
Female Population	177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Matihana compares

By the 2011 count Matihana is the 159th largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 358 residents. Its 53.94 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Matihana

Matihana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Matihana 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matihana from other places

Matihana lies about 75 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Rajalukan, 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 Matihana
Nearest railway station	Rajalukan	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jhargram	32 km
Nearest town	Jhārgrām	32 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	75 km

Villages closest to Matihana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matihana village had a population of 365. That makes it the 159th largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 358 residents.

Matihana village has 188 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matihana has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Matihana covers 53.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Matihana falls under Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Matihana is Rajalukan, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Matihana.

Matihana is about 75 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matihana is in Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Rajalukan is about 19 km away. Jhargram is about 32 km away. Jhārgrām is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.