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About Madam Village

Madam is a small village in Antagarh tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 104 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madam village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Antagarh
Pincode 494665
Area (hectares) 134 hectares
Population 196
Male Population 104
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madam compares

By the 2011 count Madam is the 131st largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 134 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Madam

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

Madam lies about 18 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker. 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 Madam
Tehsil headquarters Antagarh 6.5 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 18 km
Nearest town Kānker 34 km

Villages closest to Madam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madam village had a population of 196. That makes it the 131st largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Madam village has 104 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madam has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Madam is 494665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madam covers 134 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.

Madam falls under Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Madam notes the nearest railway station 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 Madam.

Madam is about 18 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madam is in Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Antagarh is about 6.5 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 18 km away. Kānker is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagjhar (1.8 km), Matla (1.8 km) and Garda (2.6 km).

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

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