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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Rakesh Kumar
Contact: 88****3577
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- LGD code
- 17501
- Pincode
- 174309
- Post office
- Bahina
- Population
- 247
- Households
- 69
- Literacy rate
- 81%
- Sex ratio
- 945 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 132
Census 2011 · in context
How Matkar (33/33) compares
By population, Matkar (33/33) ranks #58 of 169 villages in Barsar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.0%
+2.0% vs mandal average
- Matkar (33/33)
- 81.0%
- Barsar mandal
- 79.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
945
−145 vs mandal average
- Matkar (33/33)
- 945
- Barsar mandal
- 1,090
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Matkar (33/33)
- 3.6
- Barsar mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matkar (33/33) at a glance
Matkar (33/33) is a village of 247 people in 69 households (Census 2011) in Barsar tehsil, Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh, the 58th-largest of 169 villages in Barsar tehsil. Literacy is 81%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 79% and the sex ratio is 945 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 174309, served by Bahina post office; the LGD village code is 17501. The sarpanch is Rakesh Kumar, and the village votes in Barsar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Inder Dutt Lakhanpal. The population is estimated at 291 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Garli →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matkar (33/33) · this village | 247 | 81% | — |
| Khajian (33/34) · Barsar | 638 | 80% | — |
| Garli Khas (33/21) · Barsar | 457 | 76% | — |
| Bahina (33/7) · Barsar | 418 | 80% | — |
| Kotlu (33/18) · Barsar | 401 | 76% | — |
| Dhumma (33/29) · Barsar | 78 | 78% | — |
| Mohlwin (33/12) · Barsar | 70 | 80% | — |
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Key facts — Matkar (33/33)
- LGD code
- 17501
- Pincode
- 174309
- Post office
- Bahina
- Population (Census 2011)
- 247
- Population (projected 2026)
- 291
- Households
- 69
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 945
- Literacy rate
- 81.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hamirpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barsar
- Member of Parliament
- Anurag Thakur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Inder Dutt Lakhanpal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Rakesh Kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Barsar
- Nearest police station
- Police Station Haripur (29.3 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Tripal (26.4 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 174309
- Khajian (33/34)Barsar mandal638 pop
- Nara (33/38)Barsar mandal522 pop
- Garli Khas (33/21)Barsar mandal457 pop
- Bahina (33/7)Barsar mandal418 pop
- Kotlu (33/18)Barsar mandal401 pop
- Jajal (33/15)Barsar mandal302 pop
- Kheri (33/20)Barsar mandal255 pop
- Usnar Kalan (33/27)Barsar mandal243 pop
- Narkar (33/23)Barsar mandal164 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Matkar (33/33)
Other villages in Barsar mandal
View all 60+ →- Barsar (13/1)
- Nanawan Khas (35/20)
- Ghangot Kalan (33/36)
- Kanoh (32/13)
- Khajian (33/34)
- Bhakreri (32/21)
- Bhalat (33-24)
- Jhanjiani (12/1)
- Karsai (31/14)
- Bani Khas (32/2)
- Nara (33/38)
- Ghumarwin (32/25)
- Kallouhan (35/19)
- Neri (31/23)
- Maslana Kalan (12/5)
- Tikker Rajputtan (32/16)
- Kaswar (32/31)
- Bhutlahar (13/2)
- Garli Khas (33/21)
- Ambheri (29/5)
- Thana (32/9)
- Pathliar Uperla
- Chhaproh (12/9)
- Bahina (33/7)
- Har (35/14)
- Baroli (32/26)
- Pathliar (13/3)
- Nain (12/8)
- Kotlu (33/18)
- Tikker Brahmna (32/15)
- Biar Kalan (35/16)
- Samoh (32/11)
- Guriah Kalan (33/37)
- Maslana Khurd (12/11)
- Harma (32/30)
- Jandrana (35/17)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)