Matar observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Matar ranks #118 of 241 villages in Sailana mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matar is a village of 410 people in 94 households (Census 2011) in Sailana tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 118th-largest of 241 villages in Sailana tehsil. Literacy is 26%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 36% and the sex ratio is 962 women per 1,000 men. It lies 51 km from the Ratlam district centre, 45 km from Ghatol, the nearest town, 33 km from Bildi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457550, served by Sailana post office; the LGD village code is 470533. The nearest hospital or health centre is Danpur Government Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is rajya maida. The population is estimated at 483 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Berda →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matar · this village | 410 | 26% | — |
| Jambudiya · Sailana | 1,178 | 23% | 1.4 km NE |
| Chira Khadan · Sailana | 484 | 21% | 1.4 km NW |
| Berda · Sailana | 508 | 61% | 1.7 km E |
| Bandariya Ka Mal · Sailana | 532 | 11% | 2.3 km SE |
| Punapada · Sailana | 421 | 28% | 2.4 km SE |
| Punapada · Sailana | 82 | 29% | 2.4 km SE |
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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