About Madhuban Village

Madhuban is a small village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 410, made up of 212 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madhuban Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhuban village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ramgarh
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	143 hectares
Population	410
Male Population	212
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
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 Madhuban compares

By the 2011 count Madhuban is the 141st largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Madhuban

Madhuban is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Madhuban 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 Madhuban from other places

Madhuban lies about 37 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 30 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 Madhuban
Tehsil headquarters	Ramgarh	27 km
Nearest railway station	Ambajora Shikaripara	30 km
District headquarters	Dumka	37 km

Villages closest to Madhuban

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhuban village had a population of 410. That makes it the 141st largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Madhuban village has 212 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhuban has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Madhuban is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madhuban covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madhuban falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Madhuban is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 30 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 Madhuban.

Madhuban is about 37 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhuban is in Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district. Ramgarh is about 27 km away. Ambajora Shikaripara is about 30 km away. Dumka is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.