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Matela

Dwarahat mandal
Pincode 263621
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LGD code
52776
Pincode
263621
Post office
Bagwalipokhar
Population
547
Households
122
Literacy rate
66.7%
Sex ratio
1348 ♀/1000♂
Workers
253
Distance to district centre
3 km
Distance to mandal centre
4 km
Distance to Dehradun
149 km
Distance to Delhi
247 km
Nearest railway station
Ramnagar · 46 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Kafra Governnment Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Matela compares

By population, Matela ranks #6 of 90 villages in Dwarahat mandal.

Literacy rate
%
66.7%
−3.5% vs mandal average
Matela
66.7%
Dwarahat mandal
70.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,348
+109 vs mandal average
Matela
1,348
Dwarahat mandal
1,239
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
Matela
4.5
Dwarahat mandal
4.4

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Matela at a glance

Matela is a village of 547 people in 122 households (Census 2011) in Dwarahat tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 6th-largest of 90 villages in Dwarahat tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 4 points below the tehsil average, and the sex ratio is 1,348 women per 1,000 men. It lies 3 km from the Almora district centre, 2 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 46 km from Ramnagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263621, served by Bagwalipokhar post office; the LGD village code is 52776. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kafra Governnment Hospital, 3 km away. The population is estimated at 645 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Matela-Ii

Key facts — Matela

LGD code
52776
Pincode
263621
Post office
Bagwalipokhar
Population (Census 2011)
547
Population (projected 2026)
645
Households
122
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1348
Literacy rate
66.7%
Coordinates
29.71115°N, 79.41678°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dwarahat
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Block / Mandal
Dwarahat
Getting there

How to reach Matela

Mandal centre
Dwarahat · ≈ 4.0 km
≈ 8 min by car · 10 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Almora · ≈ 3.3 km
≈ 7 min by car · 8 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 11,387 people
Kafara · ≈ 1.9 km
≈ 4 min by car · 5 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun149 kmcapital
  • Delhi247 km
  • Kolkata1194 km
  • Mumbai1355 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationRamnagar46 km
  • Bus stopK.M.O.U. Station Ranikhet7 km
  • Hospital / PHCKafra Governnment Hospital3 km
  • ATM / bankState Bank of India Someswar branch20 km
  • Petrol pumpIndian Oil8 km
  • CollegeKumaun University (Admin Block)36 km
  • Police stationMallital Police Station36 km
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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