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About Madagan Village

Madagan is a small village in Shadhora tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 419, made up of 221 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 344 hectares hectares.

Madagan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madagan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Shadhora
Area (hectares) 344 hectares
Population 419
Male Population 221
Female Population 198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madagan compares

By the 2011 count Madagan is the 64th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 759 residents. Its 344 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Madagan

Madagan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Madagan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Madagan from other places

Madagan lies about 16 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Ratikheda, about 11 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 Madagan
Nearest railway station Ratikheda 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Shadhora 16 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 16 km

Villages closest to Madagan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madagan village had a population of 419. That makes it the 64th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 759 residents.

Madagan village has 221 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madagan has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Madagan covers 344 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.

Madagan falls under Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madagan is Ratikheda, about 11 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 <5 km distance for Madagan.

Madagan is about 16 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madagan is in Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Ratikheda is about 11 km away. Shadhora is about 16 km away. Ashoknagar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Semri Ahir (1.8 km), Mathner (1.8 km) and Kakrua Rai (3.0 km).

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

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