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About Madaka Dhana Village

Madaka Dhana is a small village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 402, made up of 208 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.33 hectares hectares.

Madaka Dhana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madaka Dhana village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 338.33 hectares
Population 402
Male Population 208
Female Population 194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Madaka Dhana compares

By the 2011 count Madaka Dhana is the 113th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 783 residents. Its 338.33 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Madaka Dhana

Madaka Dhana is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Madaka Dhana 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Madaka Dhana from other places

Madaka Dhana lies about 22 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Bagratawa, about 18 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 Madaka Dhana
Nearest railway station Bagratawa 18 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 22 km
Nearest town Narmadapuram 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Sohagpur 28 km

Villages closest to Madaka Dhana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sohagpur 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 Madaka Dhana

As per the Census of India 2011, Madaka Dhana village had a population of 402. That makes it the 113th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 783 residents.

Madaka Dhana village has 208 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madaka Dhana has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

Madaka Dhana covers 338.33 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.

Madaka Dhana falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madaka Dhana is Bagratawa, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 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 Madaka Dhana.

Madaka Dhana is about 22 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madaka Dhana is in Sohagpur tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Bagratawa is about 18 km away. Hoshangabad is about 22 km away. Narmadapuram is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhana (under 2 km), Godikhedi Malgujari (6.9 km) and Gohanadeh Malgujari (6.9 km).

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

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