About Madai Village

Madai is a mid sized village in Marwahi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,532, made up of 735 males and 797 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1047.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Marwahi
Pincode	495119
Area (hectares)	1047.53 hectares
Population	1,532
Male Population	735
Female Population	797
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,084
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madai compares

By the 2011 count Madai is the 28th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents. Its 1047.53 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1023.

Getting to Madai

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

Madai lies about 84 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Harri, about 22 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 Madai
Nearest town	Pasān	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Marwahi	20 km
Nearest railway station	Harri	22 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	84 km

Villages closest to Madai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madai village had a population of 1,532. That makes it the 28th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents.

Madai village has 735 males and 797 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madai has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Madai is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madai covers 1047.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madai falls under Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Madai is Harri, about 22 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 village for Madai.

Madai is about 84 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madai is in Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pasān is about 10 km away. Marwahi is about 20 km away. Harri is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.