About Madwa Village

Madwa is a large village in Janjgir tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,079, made up of 1,055 males and 1,024 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 639.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495671, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madwa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Janjgir
Pincode	495671
Area (hectares)	639.23 hectares
Population	2,079
Male Population	1,055
Female Population	1,024
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madwa compares

By the 2011 count Madwa is the 23rd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents. Its 639.23 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Madwa

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

Madwa lies about 10 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Champa Junction, about 5.8 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 Madwa
Nearest town	Chāmpa	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Champa Junction	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Janjgir	6.4 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	10 km

Villages closest to Madwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madwa village had a population of 2,079. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents.

Madwa village has 1,055 males and 1,024 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madwa has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Madwa is 495671. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madwa covers 639.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madwa falls under Janjgir tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Madwa is Champa Junction, about 5.8 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 Madwa.

Madwa is about 10 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madwa is in Janjgir tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Chāmpa is about 3.7 km away. Champa Junction is about 5.8 km away. Janjgir is about 6.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.