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About Madera Village

Madera is a mid sized village in Dhimarkheda tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 690, made up of 356 males and 334 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293.78 hectares hectares.

Madera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Dhimarkheda
Area (hectares) 293.78 hectares
Population 690
Male Population 356
Female Population 334
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Madera compares

By the 2011 count Madera is the 82nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 293.78 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Madera

Madera is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Madera as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Madera from other places

Madera lies about 14 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Jukehi, about 5.9 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 Madera
Nearest railway station Jukehi 5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhimarkheda 14 km
District headquarters Katni 14 km
Nearest town Murwāra 14 km

Villages closest to Madera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madera village had a population of 690. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Madera village has 356 males and 334 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madera has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Madera covers 293.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madera falls under Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madera is Jukehi, about 5.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Madera.

Madera is about 14 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madera is in Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district. Jukehi is about 5.9 km away. Dhimarkheda is about 14 km away. Katni is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kachnari (5.1 km), Dugargawan (5.9 km) and Tola (6.3 km).

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

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