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About Makdawan Village

Makdawan is a mid sized village in Shamgarh tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,052, made up of 516 males and 536 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 737.92 hectares hectares.

Makdawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Makdawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Shamgarh
Area (hectares) 737.92 hectares
Population 1,052
Male Population 516
Female Population 536
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Makdawan compares

By the 2011 count Makdawan is the 34th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,079 residents. Its 737.92 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 963.

Getting to Makdawan

Makdawan 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 Makdawan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Makdawan from other places

Makdawan lies about 61 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Shamgarh, about 1.6 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 Makdawan
Nearest railway station Shamgarh 1.6 km
Nearest town Shāmgarh 2.0 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 61 km

Villages closest to Makdawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Makdawan village had a population of 1,052. That makes it the 34th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,079 residents.

Makdawan village has 516 males and 536 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Makdawan has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Makdawan covers 737.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Makdawan falls under Shamgarh tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Makdawan is Shamgarh, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Makdawan.

Makdawan is about 61 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Makdawan is in Shamgarh tehsil of Mandsaur district. Shamgarh is about 1.6 km away. Shāmgarh is about 2.0 km away. Mandsaur is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Semli Shankar (2.6 km), Chandkhedi (3.2 km) and Dhablagujar (3.2 km).

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

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