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About Madhanar Village

Madhanar is a small village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 164 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madhanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhanar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Kondagaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 246.64 hectares
Population 329
Male Population 164
Female Population 165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madhanar compares

By the 2011 count Madhanar is the 140th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 246.64 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Madhanar

Madhanar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Madhanar as Available. 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 Madhanar from other places

Madhanar lies about 61 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 65 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 Madhanar
Tehsil headquarters Kondagaon 22 km
District headquarters Bastar 61 km
Nearest railway station Silak Jhori 65 km

Villages closest to Madhanar

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

Common questions about Madhanar

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhanar village had a population of 329. That makes it the 140th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Madhanar village has 164 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhanar has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Madhanar is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madhanar covers 246.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madhanar falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Madhanar is Silak Jhori, about 65 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Madhanar.

Madhanar is about 61 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhanar is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 22 km away. Bastar is about 61 km away. Silak Jhori is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Adnar (under 2 km), Madanar (under 2 km) and Todam (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Madhanar today is likely to be higher.

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