About Madai Village

Madai is a large village in Masturi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,182, made up of 1,109 males and 1,073 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495559, 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	Masturi
Pincode	495559
Area (hectares)	414.97 hectares
Population	2,182
Male Population	1,109
Female Population	1,073
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
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 38th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents. Its 414.97 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

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 27 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Akaltara, about 15 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 railway station	Akaltara	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masturi	23 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	27 km

Villages closest to Madai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Masturi 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 2,182. That makes it the 38th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents.

Madai village has 1,109 males and 1,073 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madai has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Madai is 495559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madai covers 414.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madai falls under Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Madai is Akaltara, about 15 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 27 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 Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Akaltara is about 15 km away. Masturi is about 23 km away. Bilaspur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.