About Madhota Village

Madhota is a small village in Bani tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 438, made up of 232 males and 206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madhota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhota village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bani
Pincode	184206
Area (hectares)	155 hectares
Population	438
Male Population	232
Female Population	206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madhota compares

By the 2011 count Madhota is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,394 residents. Its 155 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Madhota

Madhota is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Madhota as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Madhota from other places

Madhota lies about 22 km from Bani, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 40 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 Madhota
Tehsil headquarters	Bani	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kathua	40 km
Nearest town	Chamba	40 km

Villages closest to Madhota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhota village had a population of 438. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,394 residents.

Madhota village has 232 males and 206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhota has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Madhota is 184206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madhota covers 155 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madhota falls under Bani tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Madhota is Kathua, about 40 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Madhota.

Madhota is about 22 km from Bani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhota is in Bani tehsil of Kathua district. Bani is about 22 km away. Kathua is about 40 km away. Chamba is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.