About Madiyan Village

Madiyan is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,424, made up of 713 males and 711 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 925.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491557, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madiyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madiyan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491557
Area (hectares)	925.18 hectares
Population	1,424
Male Population	713
Female Population	711
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madiyan compares

By the 2011 count Madiyan is the 39th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 925.18 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Madiyan

Madiyan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Madiyan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Madiyan from other places

Madiyan lies about 40 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 6.2 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 Madiyan
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	12 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	40 km

Villages closest to Madiyan

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 Madiyan

As per the Census of India 2011, Madiyan village had a population of 1,424. That makes it the 39th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Madiyan village has 713 males and 711 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madiyan has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Madiyan is 491557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madiyan covers 925.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madiyan falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Madiyan is Paniajob, about 6.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Madiyan.

Madiyan is about 40 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madiyan is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Paniajob is about 6.2 km away. Dongargarh is about 12 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.