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About Madwahan Village

Madwahan is a small village in Mandi tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 110 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madwahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madwahan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Mandi
Pincode 175001
Area (hectares) 45.98 hectares
Population 234
Male Population 110
Female Population 124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,127
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madwahan compares

By the 2011 count Madwahan is the 268th largest of the 356 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 510 residents. Its 45.98 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Madwahan

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

Madwahan lies about 11 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 22 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 Madwahan
Tehsil headquarters Mandi 11 km
Nearest railway station Buffer Stop 22 km

Villages closest to Madwahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madwahan village had a population of 234. That makes it the 268th largest of the 356 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 510 residents.

Madwahan village has 110 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madwahan has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Madwahan is 175001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madwahan covers 45.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madwahan falls under Mandi tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madwahan is Buffer Stop, about 22 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Madwahan.

Madwahan is about 11 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madwahan is in Mandi tehsil of Mandi district. Mandi is about 11 km away. Buffer Stop is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badahan (under 2 km), D P F Nihalag (under 2 km) and Chadyana (2.5 km).

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

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