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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NEEMA JOSHI
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- LGD code
- 51380
- Pincode
- 263641
- Post office
- Baijnath (Bageshwar)
- Population
- 599
- Households
- 139
- Literacy rate
- 76.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1235 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 263
- Distance to district centre
- 5 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 155 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 271 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kathgodam · 71 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Bantoli · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Matena compares
By population, Matena ranks #36 of 196 villages in Garud mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.8%
+7.0% vs mandal average
- Matena
- 76.8%
- Garud mandal
- 69.8%
- Bageshwar district
- 69.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,235
+78 vs mandal average
- Matena
- 1,235
- Garud mandal
- 1,157
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Matena
- 4.3
- Garud mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matena at a glance
Matena is a village of 599 people in 139 households (Census 2011) in Garud tehsil, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, the 36th-largest of 196 villages in Garud tehsil. Literacy is 77%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,235 women per 1,000 men. It lies 5 km from the Bageshwar district centre, 20 km from Sirauli, the nearest town, 71 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263641, served by Baijnath (Bageshwar) post office; the LGD village code is 51380. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bantoli, 2 km away. The sarpanch is NEEMA JOSHI , and the village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 706 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Matena
- LGD code
- 51380
- Pincode
- 263641
- Post office
- Baijnath (Bageshwar)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 599
- Population (projected 2026)
- 706
- Households
- 139
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1235
- Literacy rate
- 76.8%
- Coordinates
- 29.91029°N, 79.57248°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bageshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandan Ram Dass
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NEEMA JOSHI
- Block / Mandal
- Garud
Getting there
How to reach Matena
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun155 kmcapital
- Delhi271 km
- Kolkata1197 km
- Mumbai1381 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKathgodam71 km
- Bus stopbageshwar bus station22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Bantoli2 km
- ATM / bankUttarakhand Gramin Bank4 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum26 km
- CollegeGovt Post Graduate College21 km
- Police stationMallital Police Station59 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Matena
5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Three temples of the Indo-Aryan shikhara type known as Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Rakshas Deval Temple and Satya Narayan TempleTemple3.7 km ↗
- 🛕Tallihat group of temples and Katyuri mound, UttarakhandTemple3.7 km ↗
- 🛕Kot Ki Mai TempleTemple3.9 km ↗
- 🛕Baijnath templeTemple4.1 km ↗
- 🛕Baijnath Temple ComplexTemple4.1 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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