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About Madhpal Village

Madhpal is a small village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 434, made up of 210 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 545.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madhpal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhpal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Gidam
Pincode 494441
Area (hectares) 545.03 hectares
Population 434
Male Population 210
Female Population 224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madhpal compares

By the 2011 count Madhpal is the 48th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 545.03 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Madhpal

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

Madhpal lies about 32 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dabpal, about 9.8 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 Madhpal
Nearest railway station Dabpal 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Gidam 11 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 32 km
Nearest town Bacheli 44 km

Villages closest to Madhpal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhpal village had a population of 434. That makes it the 48th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Madhpal village has 210 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhpal has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Madhpal is 494441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madhpal covers 545.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madhpal falls under Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Madhpal is Dabpal, about 9.8 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 Madhpal.

Madhpal is about 32 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhpal is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dabpal is about 9.8 km away. Gidam is about 11 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katulnar (2.5 km), Harla (4.6 km) and Madase (5.6 km).

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

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