About Medpal Village

Medpal is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 548, made up of 260 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 391 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medpal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medpal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Kondagaon
Pincode	494450
Area (hectares)	391 hectares
Population	548
Male Population	260
Female Population	288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,108
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Medpal compares

By the 2011 count Medpal is the 105th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 391 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Medpal

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

Medpal 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 Medpal
Tehsil headquarters	Kondagaon	26 km
District headquarters	Bastar	42 km
Nearest railway station	Silak Jhori	45 km

Villages closest to Medpal

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 Medpal

As per the Census of India 2011, Medpal village had a population of 548. That makes it the 105th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Medpal village has 260 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medpal has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Medpal is 494450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medpal covers 391 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Medpal falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Medpal 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 Medpal.

Medpal 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.

Medpal 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.