Matra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Matra ranks #105 of 109 villages in Nagda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matra is a village of 412 people in 66 households (Census 2011) in Nagda tehsil, Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh, the 105th-largest of 109 villages in Nagda tehsil. Literacy is 50%, about the same as the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,070 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Ujjain district centre, 11 km from Rohal Khurd railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 456221, served by Unhel post office; the LGD village code is 471226. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is Kanhyalal mangilal. The population is estimated at 486 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matra · this village | 412 | 50% | — |
| Punakheda · Nagda | 556 | 45% | 0.9 km NE |
| Barkheda Madan · Nagda | 1,122 | 40% | 1.3 km E |
| Mahu · Nagda | 619 | 52% | 2.2 km SW |
| Rathda · Nagda | 364 | 46% | 2.3 km W |
| Jalodiya Unhel · Nagda | 592 | 34% | 2.8 km W |
| Antraliya · Nagda | 880 | 50% | 3.2 km NE |
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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