# Matiaria Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Matiaria

Matiaria is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,449 people in 250 households**, the 97th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 1,449people (2011)
- 250households
- 68.7%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Matiaria PIN code and other codes

Matiaria falls in Sidhaw sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMahuawa Kathrwa
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216020

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

## How far is Matiaria from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)88 km by road
- Bagha (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 Matiaria?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Matiaria; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bagha
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bagha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Matiaria known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 96% of the 186 hectares of village land is sown, and 159 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 Matiaria

Of every 100 households in Matiaria in 2011, 2 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Matiaria · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****3%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****49%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**23%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Matiaria?

■ Matiaria · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.7%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**969

Working population ****72.0%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 59.5% for women. 73% of men and 71% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 151 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (7%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 38 (4%) · **■** Marginal 780 (75%)

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 Sidhaw

- Dewriya1,490 people
- Gonauli1,484 people
- Ratanpurwa1,482 people
- Songaharwa1,476 people
- Bauridouri1,443 people
- Ramauliya1,427 people
- Patherwa1,424 people
- Budhsar1,411 people

[All 175 villages in Sidhaw](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/sidhaw/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Matiaria from Bettiah?88 km by road
- What is the population of Matiaria?1,449 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matiaria in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Matiaria?68.7% (Census 2011)