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About Madhwa Dih Village

Madhwa Dih is a mid sized village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,462, made up of 756 males and 706 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madhwa Dih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhwa Dih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Bengabad
Pincode 815312
Area (hectares) 232.31 hectares
Population 1,462
Male Population 756
Female Population 706
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 934
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Madhwa Dih compares

By the 2011 count Madhwa Dih is the 15th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 232.31 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Madhwa Dih

Madhwa Dih is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Madhwa Dih as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Madhwa Dih from other places

Madhwa Dih lies about 7.3 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 2.6 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 Madhwa Dih
Nearest railway station Maheshmunda Junction 2.6 km
District headquarters Giridih 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Bengabad 8.7 km

Villages closest to Madhwa Dih

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bengabad 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 Madhwa Dih

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhwa Dih village had a population of 1,462. That makes it the 15th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Madhwa Dih village has 756 males and 706 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhwa Dih has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Madhwa Dih is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madhwa Dih covers 232.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Madhwa Dih falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Madhwa Dih is Maheshmunda Junction, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Madhwa Dih.

Madhwa Dih is about 7.3 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhwa Dih is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Maheshmunda Junction is about 2.6 km away. Giridih is about 7.3 km away. Bengabad is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baijnathpur (under 2 km), Karmatanr (under 2 km) and Mandatanr (under 2 km).

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

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