About Madhowa Village

Madhowa is a mid sized village in Jamua tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,339, made up of 700 males and 639 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 399 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madhowa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhowa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Jamua
Pincode	815318
Area (hectares)	399 hectares
Population	1,339
Male Population	700
Female Population	639
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
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 Madhowa compares

By the 2011 count Madhowa is the 54th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 399 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Madhowa

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

Madhowa lies about 132 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 28 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 Madhowa
Tehsil headquarters	Jamua	19 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	28 km
District headquarters	Giridih	132 km

Villages closest to Madhowa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhowa village had a population of 1,339. That makes it the 54th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Madhowa village has 700 males and 639 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhowa has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Madhowa is 815318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madhowa covers 399 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madhowa falls under Jamua tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Madhowa is Kathautia, about 28 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 Madhowa.

Madhowa is about 132 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhowa is in Jamua tehsil of Giridih district. Jamua is about 19 km away. Chatrā is about 21 km away. Kathautia is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.