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About Madwa Village

Madwa is a mid sized village in Raipura tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,195, made up of 610 males and 585 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 534.23 hectares hectares.

Madwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madwa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Raipura
Area (hectares) 534.23 hectares
Population 1,195
Male Population 610
Female Population 585
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 959
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madwa compares

By the 2011 count Madwa is the 21st largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 781 residents. Its 534.23 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Madwa

Madwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Madwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Madwa from other places

Madwa lies about 80 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Ratangaon, about 28 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 Madwa
Nearest town Hatta 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Raipura 25 km
Nearest railway station Ratangaon 28 km
District headquarters Panna 80 km

Villages closest to Madwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madwa village had a population of 1,195. That makes it the 21st largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 781 residents.

Madwa village has 610 males and 585 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madwa has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Madwa covers 534.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madwa falls under Raipura tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madwa is Ratangaon, about 28 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 village for Madwa.

Madwa is about 80 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madwa is in Raipura tehsil of Panna district. Hatta is about 23 km away. Raipura is about 25 km away. Ratangaon is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padariya Khurd (under 2 km), Pauniya (3.1 km) and Kakra (3.2 km).

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

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