About Medhpal Village

Medhpal is a small village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 126 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494448, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medhpal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medhpal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Kondagaon
Pincode	494448
Area (hectares)	80.6 hectares
Population	242
Male Population	126
Female Population	116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Medhpal compares

By the 2011 count Medhpal is the 162nd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 80.6 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Medhpal

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

Medhpal lies about 42 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 45 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 Medhpal
Tehsil headquarters	Kondagaon	26 km
District headquarters	Bastar	42 km
Nearest railway station	Silak Jhori	45 km

Villages closest to Medhpal

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.

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Common questions about Medhpal

As per the Census of India 2011, Medhpal village had a population of 242. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Medhpal village has 126 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medhpal has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Medhpal is 494448. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medhpal covers 80.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Medhpal falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Medhpal is Silak Jhori, about 45 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 10+ km distance for Medhpal.

Medhpal is about 42 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Medhpal is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 26 km away. Bastar is about 42 km away. Silak Jhori is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.