# 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 **5,062 people in 948 households**, the 15th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 5,062people (2011)
- 948households
- 51.5%literacy
- 898females 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 code222132

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)8 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn 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
- ○Post office10+ 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 and tube wells / boreholes

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 97% of the 384 hectares of village land is sown, and 205 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, 1 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Matiari · ■ Jokihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**32%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****22%**

**17%

Television ****4%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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+) ****51.5%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**961

Working population ****32.8%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.1% for men and 44.1% for women. 46% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 553 (33%) · **■** Household industry 134 (8%) · **■** Other work 38 (2%) · **■** Marginal 831 (50%)

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

- Masuria6,289 people
- Bhuna Majgawan6,074 people
- Chaukta5,825 people
- Masuria5,547 people
- Uda5,037 people
- Chilhania4,990 people
- Bardenga4,876 people
- Parshadpur4,814 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?5,062 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matiari in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Matiari?51.5% (Census 2011)