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About Medanar Village

Medanar is a small village in Antagarh tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 17 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,471 females per 1000 males. The village covers 388 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medanar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Antagarh
Pincode 494665
Area (hectares) 388 hectares
Population 42
Male Population 17
Female Population 25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,471
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Medanar compares

By the 2011 count Medanar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 388 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Medanar

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

Medanar lies about 32 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 Medanar
Tehsil headquarters Antagarh 15 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 28 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 32 km

Villages closest to Medanar

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 Medanar

As per the Census of India 2011, Medanar village had a population of 42. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Medanar village has 17 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medanar has about 1471 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

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

Medanar covers 388 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Medanar 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 km distance for Medanar.

Medanar is about 32 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.

Medanar is in Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Antagarh is about 15 km away. Nārāinpur is about 28 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Edanar (under 2 km), Malmeta (under 2 km) and Sarandi (2.8 km).

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

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