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About Makadwani Village

Makadwani is a large village in Dahi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,093, made up of 1,019 males and 1,074 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1075.34 hectares hectares.

Makadwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makadwani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Dahi
Area (hectares) 1075.34 hectares
Population 2,093
Male Population 1,019
Female Population 1,074
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,054
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Makadwani compares

By the 2011 count Makadwani is the 17th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents. Its 1075.34 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Makadwani

The census records public bus service for Makadwani 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Makadwani from other places

Makadwani lies about 84 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Khandala, about 34 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 Makadwani
Tehsil headquarters Dahi 8.7 km
Nearest town Kukshi 14 km
Nearest railway station Khandala 34 km
District headquarters Dhar 84 km

Villages closest to Makadwani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makadwani village had a population of 2,093. That makes it the 17th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents.

Makadwani village has 1,019 males and 1,074 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makadwani has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Makadwani covers 1075.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makadwani falls under Dahi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makadwani is Khandala, about 34 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Makadwani.

Makadwani is about 84 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makadwani is in Dahi tehsil of Dhar district. Dahi is about 8.7 km away. Kukshi is about 14 km away. Khandala is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dewdha (1.8 km), Thandla (2.9 km) and Badwanya (3.0 km).

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

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