About Medha Village

Medha is a large village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,609, made up of 1,273 males and 1,336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 759.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, 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	Dongargarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	759.8 hectares
Population	2,609
Male Population	1,273
Female Population	1,336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
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 among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 759.8 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

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
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	8.6 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 Dongargarh 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 2,609. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Medha village has 1,273 males and 1,336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medha has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Medha is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medha covers 759.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Medha falls under Dongargarh 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 Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about 7.8 km away. Dongargarh is about 8.6 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.