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About Madgaon Village

Madgaon is a mid sized village in Sendhwa tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,344, made up of 686 males and 658 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 370.97 hectares hectares.

Madgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madgaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Barwani
Tehsil Sendhwa
Area (hectares) 370.97 hectares
Population 1,344
Male Population 686
Female Population 658
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 959
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Madgaon compares

By the 2011 count Madgaon is the 55th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents. Its 370.97 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Madgaon

Madgaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Madgaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Madgaon from other places

Madgaon lies about 40 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 24 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 Madgaon
Tehsil headquarters Sendhwa 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Hathi gate station 24 km
District headquarters Barwani 40 km

Villages closest to Madgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madgaon village had a population of 1,344. That makes it the 55th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents.

Madgaon village has 686 males and 658 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madgaon has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 982.

Madgaon covers 370.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madgaon falls under Sendhwa tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madgaon is Hathi gate station, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Madgaon.

Madgaon is about 40 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madgaon is in Sendhwa tehsil of Barwani district. Sendhwa is about 4.2 km away. Hathi gate station is about 24 km away. Barwani is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badgaon (1.8 km), Nakti Rani (2.5 km) and Kalalda (3.5 km).

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

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