About Matilal Village

Matilal is a small village in Mandirbazar tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 220, made up of 123 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743395, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matilal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matilal village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Mandirbazar
Pincode	743395
Area (hectares)	37.53 hectares
Population	220
Male Population	123
Female Population	97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Matilal compares

By the 2011 count Matilal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents. Its 37.53 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Matilal

Matilal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matilal 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matilal from other places

Matilal lies about 5.3 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Madhabpur, about 4.0 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 Matilal
Nearest railway station	Madhabpur	4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mandirbazar	5.3 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	5.3 km
Nearest town	Jaynagar Majilpur	7.6 km

Villages closest to Matilal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matilal village had a population of 220. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents.

Matilal village has 123 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matilal has about 789 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Matilal is 743395. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matilal covers 37.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matilal falls under Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Matilal is Madhabpur, about 4.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Matilal.

Matilal is about 5.3 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matilal is in Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Madhabpur is about 4.0 km away. Mandirbazar is about 5.3 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 5.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.