About Medha Village

Medha is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 258, made up of 131 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 655.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, 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	Manpur
Pincode	493778
Area (hectares)	655.34 hectares
Population	258
Male Population	131
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Medha compares

By the 2011 count Medha is the 109th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 655.34 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 well below the tehsil average of 1025.

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 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 Medha from other places

Medha lies about 89 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 42 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
Tehsil headquarters	Manpur	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Bhanupratappur	42 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	49 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	89 km

Villages closest to Medha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Manpur 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 258. That makes it the 109th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Medha village has 131 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medha has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Medha is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medha covers 655.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Medha falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Medha is Bhanupratappur, about 42 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 Medha.

Medha is about 89 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 Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 6.2 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 42 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.