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About Madwahi Village

Madwahi is a mid sized village in Marwahi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,558, made up of 778 males and 780 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 904.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madwahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madwahi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Marwahi
Pincode 495118
Area (hectares) 904.82 hectares
Population 1,558
Male Population 778
Female Population 780
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madwahi compares

By the 2011 count Madwahi is the 26th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents. Its 904.82 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Madwahi

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

Madwahi lies about 98 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Venkatnagar, about 16 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 Madwahi
Tehsil headquarters Marwahi 6.9 km
Nearest railway station Venkatnagar 16 km
Nearest town Pasān 22 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 98 km

Villages closest to Madwahi

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.

Common questions about Madwahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Madwahi village had a population of 1,558. That makes it the 26th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents.

Madwahi village has 778 males and 780 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madwahi has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Madwahi is 495118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madwahi covers 904.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madwahi falls under Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Madwahi is Venkatnagar, about 16 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 Madwahi.

Madwahi is about 98 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madwahi is in Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Marwahi is about 6.9 km away. Venkatnagar is about 16 km away. Pasān is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chachedi (2.5 km), Ghusaria (2.9 km) and Ratga (3.2 km).

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

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