About Madwan Village

Madwan is a large village in Sonawari tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,215, made up of 1,135 males and 1,080 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madwan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Sonawari
Pincode	193501
Area (hectares)	208.4 hectares
Population	2,215
Male Population	1,135
Female Population	1,080
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madwan compares

By the 2011 count Madwan is the 27th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents. Its 208.4 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Madwan

Madwan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Madwan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Madwan from other places

Madwan lies about 9.6 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Hamre, about 16 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 Madwan
District headquarters	Bandipore	9.6 km
Nearest town	Bandipura	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonawari	10 km
Nearest railway station	Hamre	16 km

Villages closest to Madwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madwan village had a population of 2,215. That makes it the 27th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents.

Madwan village has 1,135 males and 1,080 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madwan has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Madwan is 193501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madwan covers 208.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Madwan falls under Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Madwan is Hamre, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Madwan.

Madwan is about 9.6 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madwan is in Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district. Bandipore is about 9.6 km away. Bandipura is about 9.6 km away. Sonawari is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.