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About Madog Village

Madog is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 151, made up of 75 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171220
Area (hectares) 94.85 hectares
Population 151
Male Population 75
Female Population 76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madog compares

By the 2011 count Madog is the 205th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 94.85 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Madog

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

Madog lies about 16 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 Madog
Tehsil headquarters Theog 7.6 km
District headquarters Shimla 16 km

Villages closest to Madog

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madog village had a population of 151. That makes it the 205th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Madog village has 75 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madog has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Madog is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madog covers 94.85 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.

Madog falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Madog 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 <5 km distance for Madog.

Madog is about 16 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madog is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 7.6 km away. Shimla is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Up Muhal Jangal Rachai (under 2 km), Bhog (under 2 km) and Kandi Ser (under 2 km).

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

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