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About Maddayan Village

Maddayan is a small village in Amanganj tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 347, made up of 191 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.17 hectares hectares.

Maddayan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maddayan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Amanganj
Area (hectares) 263.17 hectares
Population 347
Male Population 191
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 817
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maddayan compares

By the 2011 count Maddayan is the 79th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 263.17 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Maddayan

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

How far is Maddayan from other places

Maddayan lies about 48 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Rithi, about 50 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 Maddayan
Tehsil headquarters Amanganj 12 km
Nearest town Hatta 45 km
District headquarters Panna 48 km
Nearest railway station Rithi 50 km

Villages closest to Maddayan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maddayan village had a population of 347. That makes it the 79th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Maddayan village has 191 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maddayan has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 905.

Maddayan covers 263.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maddayan falls under Amanganj tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maddayan is Rithi, about 50 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Maddayan.

Maddayan is about 48 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maddayan is in Amanganj tehsil of Panna district. Amanganj is about 12 km away. Hatta is about 45 km away. Panna is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rangia (under 2 km), Bhatpura (under 2 km) and Sotipura (2.0 km).

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

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