About Madhwa Village

Madhwa is a large village in Paliganj tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,404, made up of 1,237 males and 1,167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235.53 hectares hectares.

Madhwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Paliganj
Area (hectares)	235.53 hectares
Population	2,404
Male Population	1,237
Female Population	1,167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madhwa compares

By the 2011 count Madhwa is the 32nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents. Its 235.53 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Madhwa

Madhwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Madhwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Madhwa from other places

Madhwa lies about 41 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Nadaul, about 17 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Madhwa
Tehsil headquarters	Paliganj	4.7 km
Nearest town	Bikram	14 km
Nearest railway station	Nadaul	17 km
District headquarters	Patna	41 km

Villages closest to Madhwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paliganj tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Madhwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhwa village had a population of 2,404. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents.

Madhwa village has 1,237 males and 1,167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhwa has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

Madhwa covers 235.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Madhwa falls under Paliganj tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Madhwa is Nadaul, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Madhwa.

Madhwa is about 41 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhwa is in Paliganj tehsil of Patna district. Paliganj is about 4.7 km away. Bikram is about 14 km away. Nadaul is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.