About Madkama Village

Madkama is a mid sized village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 882, made up of 459 males and 423 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 316.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madkama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madkama village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ormanjhi
Pincode	835219
Area (hectares)	316.55 hectares
Population	882
Male Population	459
Female Population	423
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
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 Madkama compares

By the 2011 count Madkama is the 36th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 316.55 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 960.

Getting to Madkama

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

Madkama lies about 20 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Jhanjhitoli Halt, about 4.6 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 Madkama
Nearest railway station	Jhanjhitoli Halt	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ormanjhi	11 km
Nearest town	Saunda	17 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	20 km

Villages closest to Madkama

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madkama village had a population of 882. That makes it the 36th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Madkama village has 459 males and 423 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madkama has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Madkama is 835219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madkama covers 316.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madkama falls under Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Madkama is Jhanjhitoli Halt, about 4.6 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 Madkama.

Madkama is about 20 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madkama is in Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district. Jhanjhitoli Halt is about 4.6 km away. Ormanjhi is about 11 km away. Saunda is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.