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About Medh Village

Medh is a mid sized village in Baloda Bazar tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,613, made up of 791 males and 822 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 525.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493332, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medh village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Baloda Bazar
Pincode 493332
Area (hectares) 525.76 hectares
Population 1,613
Male Population 791
Female Population 822
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Medh compares

By the 2011 count Medh is the 48th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,475 residents. Its 525.76 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Medh

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

Medh lies about 82 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Nipania, about 23 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 Medh
Tehsil headquarters Baloda Bazar 10 km
Nearest town Baloda Bāzār 10 km
Nearest railway station Nipania 23 km
District headquarters Raipur 82 km

Villages closest to Medh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baloda Bazar 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 Medh

As per the Census of India 2011, Medh village had a population of 1,613. That makes it the 48th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,475 residents.

Medh village has 791 males and 822 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medh has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Medh is 493332. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medh covers 525.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Medh falls under Baloda Bazar tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Medh is Nipania, about 23 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 Medh.

Medh is about 82 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Medh is in Baloda Bazar tehsil of Raipur district. Baloda Bazar is about 10 km away. Baloda Bāzār is about 10 km away. Nipania is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Boirdih (1.8 km), Damru (2.5 km) and Rasedi (2.7 km).

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

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