Matia observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Matia is a village in Borio mandal, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 781 across 152 households, with a literacy rate of 21.3%.
By population, Matia ranks #35 of 343 villages in Borio mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matia is a village of 781 people in 152 households (Census 2011) in Borio block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 35th-largest of 343 villages in Borio block. Literacy is 21%, 12 points below the block average of 33% and the sex ratio is 1,003 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 7 km from Marwa, the nearest town, 13 km from Karanpurato railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816120, served by Borio post office; the LGD village code is 358432. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Banjhi, 5 km away. The sarpanch is TALA HANSDA. The population is estimated at 921 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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