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About Madkamdih Village

Madkamdih is a mid sized village in Chandil tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,223, made up of 648 males and 575 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 603 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madkamdih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madkamdih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Chandil
Pincode 832404
Area (hectares) 603 hectares
Population 1,223
Male Population 648
Female Population 575
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Madkamdih compares

By the 2011 count Madkamdih is the 29th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents. Its 603 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Madkamdih

Madkamdih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Madkamdih 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Madkamdih from other places

Madkamdih lies about 8.4 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Kandra Jn, about 8.0 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 Madkamdih
Nearest railway station Kandra Jn 8.0 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandil 9.5 km
Nearest town Bhetia 20 km

Villages closest to Madkamdih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madkamdih village had a population of 1,223. That makes it the 29th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents.

Madkamdih village has 648 males and 575 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madkamdih has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Madkamdih is 832404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madkamdih covers 603 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madkamdih falls under Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Madkamdih is Kandra Jn, about 8.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Madkamdih.

Madkamdih is about 8.4 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madkamdih is in Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kandra Jn is about 8.0 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 8.4 km away. Chandil is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhobaotama (under 2 km), Kadlakocha (1.6 km) and Dhunaburu (1.7 km).

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

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