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About Matiari Village

Matiari is a mid sized village in Goalpokhar II tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,673, made up of 871 males and 802 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matiari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matiari village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Goalpokhar II
Pincode 733209
Area (hectares) 93.48 hectares
Population 1,673
Male Population 871
Female Population 802
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Matiari compares

By the 2011 count Matiari is the 62nd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 93.48 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Matiari

Matiari 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 Matiari 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matiari from other places

Matiari lies about 7.2 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Surja Kama, about 3.7 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 Matiari
Nearest railway station Surja Kama 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Goalpokhar II 7.2 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 7.2 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 22 km

Villages closest to Matiari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goalpokhar II 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.

Common questions about Matiari

As per the Census of India 2011, Matiari village had a population of 1,673. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Matiari village has 871 males and 802 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matiari has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Matiari is 733209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matiari covers 93.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Matiari falls under Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Matiari is Surja Kama, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Matiari is about 7.2 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matiari is in Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Surja Kama is about 3.7 km away. Goalpokhar II is about 7.2 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipla (under 2 km), Ranipur (1.5 km) and Kamalpur (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Matiari today is likely to be higher.

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