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About Madai Village

Madai is a mid sized village in Majholi tehsil, in the district of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,698, made up of 852 males and 846 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 669.2 hectares hectares.

Madai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Jabalpur
Tehsil Majholi
Area (hectares) 669.2 hectares
Population 1,698
Male Population 852
Female Population 846
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 993
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Madai compares

By the 2011 count Madai is the 17th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 757 residents. Its 669.2 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Madai

Madai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Madai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Madai from other places

Madai lies about 43 km from Jabalpur, and the nearest railway station is Sihora Road, about 6.4 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 Madai
Nearest town Sihorā 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Sihora Road 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Majholi 23 km
District headquarters Jabalpur 43 km

Villages closest to Madai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madai village had a population of 1,698. That makes it the 17th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 757 residents.

Madai village has 852 males and 846 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madai has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Madai covers 669.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madai falls under Majholi tehsil of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madai is Sihora Road, about 6.4 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Madai.

Madai is about 43 km from Jabalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madai is in Majholi tehsil of Jabalpur district. Sihorā is about 5.6 km away. Sihora Road is about 6.4 km away. Majholi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paharuwa (1.7 km), Chhapra (2.9 km) and Bargi (3.9 km).

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

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