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About Madai Village

Madai is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 255 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299.53 hectares hectares.

Madai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Murwara
Area (hectares) 299.53 hectares
Population 516
Male Population 255
Female Population 261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madai compares

By the 2011 count Madai is the 91st largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 299.53 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 954.

Getting to Madai

Madai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Madai 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 within 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 8.0 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Patwara, 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 railway station Patwara 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Murwara 8.0 km
District headquarters Katni 8.0 km
Nearest town Murwāra 8.0 km

Villages closest to Madai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Murwara 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 516. That makes it the 91st largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Madai village has 255 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madai has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Madai covers 299.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madai falls under Murwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madai is Patwara, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Madai is about 8.0 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madai is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Patwara is about 6.4 km away. Murwara is about 8.0 km away. Katni is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khamtara (under 2 km), Deora Khurd (1.7 km) and Imaliya (2.5 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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