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About Madha Village

Madha is a mid sized village in Laundi tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 937, made up of 499 males and 438 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 355.32 hectares hectares.

Madha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Laundi
Area (hectares) 355.32 hectares
Population 937
Male Population 499
Female Population 438
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madha compares

By the 2011 count Madha is the 34th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents. Its 355.32 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 871.

Getting to Madha

Madha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Madha as Available within village. 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 Madha from other places

Madha lies about 51 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Raghouli, about 15 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 Madha
Tehsil headquarters Laundi 4.4 km
Nearest town Lauri 4.4 km
Nearest railway station Raghouli 15 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 51 km

Villages closest to Madha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madha village had a population of 937. That makes it the 34th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents.

Madha village has 499 males and 438 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madha has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 871.

Madha covers 355.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madha falls under Laundi tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madha is Raghouli, about 15 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Madha.

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

Madha is in Laundi tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Laundi is about 4.4 km away. Lauri is about 4.4 km away. Raghouli is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranmau (under 2 km), Tikaura (2.0 km) and Muderi Dakshini (3.1 km).

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

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