About Medha Village

Medha is a mid sized village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 788, made up of 386 males and 402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargaon
Pincode	491441
Area (hectares)	196.11 hectares
Population	788
Male Population	386
Female Population	402
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Medha compares

By the 2011 count Medha is the 74th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 196.11 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Medha

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

Medha lies about 25 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 7.8 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 Medha
Nearest railway station	Jatkanhar	7.8 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargaon	18 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	25 km

Villages closest to Medha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Medha village had a population of 788. That makes it the 74th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Medha village has 386 males and 402 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medha has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Medha is 491441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medha covers 196.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Medha falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Medha is Jatkanhar, about 7.8 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 village for Medha.

Medha is about 25 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Medha is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about 7.8 km away. Dongargarh is about 8.6 km away. Dongargaon is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.