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About Madhawan Village

Madhawan is a mid sized village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,407, made up of 729 males and 678 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 430.79 hectares hectares.

Madhawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Babai
Area (hectares) 430.79 hectares
Population 1,407
Male Population 729
Female Population 678
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Madhawan compares

By the 2011 count Madhawan is the 30th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 430.79 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Madhawan

The census records public bus service for Madhawan as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Madhawan from other places

Madhawan lies about 15 km from Hoshangabad. 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 Madhawan
District headquarters Hoshangabad 15 km
Nearest town Narmadapuram 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Babai 21 km

Villages closest to Madhawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhawan village had a population of 1,407. That makes it the 30th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Madhawan village has 729 males and 678 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhawan has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Madhawan covers 430.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madhawan falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Madhawan notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Madhawan is about 15 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhawan is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Hoshangabad is about 15 km away. Narmadapuram is about 15 km away. Babai is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gora (2.5 km), Chiladhon (3.4 km) and Chandla (4.6 km).

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

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