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About Madura Village

Madura is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 92, made up of 44 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madura village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Bandgaon
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 151 hectares
Population 92
Male Population 44
Female Population 48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
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 Madura compares

By the 2011 count Madura is the 190th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 151 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Madura

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

Madura lies about 51 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Mahabuang, about 25 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 Madura
Tehsil headquarters Bandgaon 19 km
Nearest railway station Mahabuang 25 km
Nearest town Khunti 37 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 51 km

Villages closest to Madura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madura village had a population of 92. That makes it the 190th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Madura village has 44 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madura has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Madura is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madura covers 151 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madura falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Madura is Mahabuang, about 25 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 Madura.

Madura is about 51 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madura is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 19 km away. Mahabuang is about 25 km away. Khunti is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Putida (under 2 km), Koloeda (1.6 km) and Jarkandi (2.4 km).

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

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