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About Medo Village

Medo is a mid sized village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 771, made up of 385 males and 386 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 803.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medo village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 803.43 hectares
Population 771
Male Population 385
Female Population 386
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Medo compares

By the 2011 count Medo is the 17th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 803.43 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Medo

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

Medo lies about 33 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 17 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 Medo
Nearest railway station Keoti 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Durgkondal 33 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 33 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 49 km

Villages closest to Medo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Medo village had a population of 771. That makes it the 17th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Medo village has 385 males and 386 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medo has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Medo is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medo covers 803.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Medo falls under Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Medo is Keoti, about 17 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 Medo.

Medo is about 33 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.

Medo is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 17 km away. Durgkondal is about 33 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chahachad (1.6 km), Sukhai (2.4 km) and Newari (3.0 km).

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

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