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About Madenda Village

Madenda is a small village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 155 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 462.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madenda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madenda village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Kuakonda
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 462.99 hectares
Population 316
Male Population 155
Female Population 161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madenda compares

By the 2011 count Madenda is the 41st largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 462.99 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Madenda

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

Madenda lies about 24 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 14 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 Madenda
Nearest railway station Kirandul 14 km
Nearest town Bacheli 18 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuakonda 25 km

Villages closest to Madenda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madenda village had a population of 316. That makes it the 41st largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Madenda village has 155 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madenda has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

The pincode recorded for Madenda is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madenda covers 462.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madenda falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Madenda is Kirandul, about 14 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 Madenda.

Madenda is about 24 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.

Madenda is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 14 km away. Bacheli is about 18 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sameli (3.2 km), Pedka (3.2 km) and Mendpal (4.1 km).

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

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