# Matiari Village, Jokihat, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Jokihat, Araria 

# Matiari

Matiari is a village in Jokihat sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **690 people in 173 households**, the 88th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 690people (2011)
- 173households
- 63.5%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Matiari PIN code and other codes

Matiari falls in Jokihat sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMatiari
- Community development blockJokihat
- Census village code222131

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Matiari from nearby towns?

- Jokihat (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)16 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)16 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Matiari?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Matiari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Araria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Araria
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Matiari known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 87% of the 32 hectares of village land is sown, and 16 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Matiari

Of every 100 households in Matiari in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Matiari · ■ Jokihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****6%**

**17%

Television ****2%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Matiari?

■ Matiari · ■ Jokihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**961

Working population ****40.7%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 56.4% for women. 54% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 8 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (31%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 182 (65%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jokihat

- Kachnahar949 people
- Bairgachhi864 people
- Padampur760 people
- Bhag Turkaili704 people
- Pirganj591 people
- Satbhita Kamat582 people
- Turkaili558 people
- Parshadpur555 people

[All 99 villages in Jokihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/jokihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Matiari from Araria?16 km by road
- What is the population of Matiari?690 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matiari in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Matiari?63.5% (Census 2011)