About Madhana Village

Madhana is a mid sized village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 503, made up of 267 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madhana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	307 hectares
Population	503
Male Population	267
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madhana compares

By the 2011 count Madhana is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 307 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 944.

Getting to Madhana

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

Madhana lies about 52 km from Shimla. 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 Madhana
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	22 km
District headquarters	Shimla	52 km

Villages closest to Madhana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhana village had a population of 503. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Madhana village has 267 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhana has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Madhana is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madhana covers 307 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madhana falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

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

Madhana is about 52 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhana is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 22 km away. Shimla is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.