Matela observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
By population, Matela ranks #19 of 57 villages in Okhalkanda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matela is a village of 559 people in 110 households (Census 2011) in Okhalkanda tehsil, Nainital district, Uttarakhand, the 19th-largest of 57 villages in Okhalkanda tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 914 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Nainital district centre, 37 km from Gola Range, the nearest town, 20 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263157, served by Okhalkanda post office; the LGD village code is 55059. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Paharpani, 6 km away. The village votes in Bhimtal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Singh Kaira. The population is estimated at 659 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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