About Madhatu Village

Madhatu is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,015, made up of 506 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 814.14 hectares hectares.

Madhatu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhatu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Area (hectares)	814.14 hectares
Population	1,015
Male Population	506
Female Population	509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madhatu compares

By the 2011 count Madhatu is the 22nd largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 814.14 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Madhatu

Madhatu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Madhatu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Madhatu from other places

Madhatu lies about 27 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, 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 Madhatu
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	27 km
District headquarters	Khunti	27 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	30 km

Villages closest to Madhatu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhatu village had a population of 1,015. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Madhatu village has 506 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhatu has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Madhatu covers 814.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madhatu falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Madhatu is Chakradharpur, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Madhatu.

Madhatu is about 27 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhatu is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Erki is about 27 km away. Khunti is about 27 km away. Chakradharpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.