Mati is a village in
Sarojaninagar
Sarojininagar, also spelled Sarojani Nagar, is a community development block in Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is part of the tehsil of Lucknow and it includes 90 villages. As of 2011, its population was 224,045, in 40,923 household ...
block of
Lucknow district,
Uttar Pradesh
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,
India
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.
As of 2011, its population was 5,833, in 1,071 households.
A regular market is held here.
It is the seat of a
gram panchayat.
Land use
The village lands cover an area of 1,172.3
hectare
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s, of which 724.6 (61.8%) are farmland as of 2011.
Of the total cultivated area, 80.4% was
irrigated
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, all by well or tube well.
Fallow
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lands covered an area of 72.9 hectares as of the same year, or 6.2% of the total land area.
Lands under non-agricultural uses covered 295.4 hectares, or 25.2% of the total.
Additionally, there was a forest cover of 75.1 hectares recorded in 2011, making up 6.4% of the total area.
References
Villages in Lucknow district
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