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About Madiya Village

Madiya is a small village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 17, made up of 10 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 700 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177.75 hectares hectares.

Madiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Gairatganj
Area (hectares) 177.75 hectares
Population 17
Male Population 10
Female Population 7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 700
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madiya compares

By the 2011 count Madiya is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 177.75 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 892.

Getting to Madiya

Madiya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Madiya as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Madiya from other places

Madiya lies about 20 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Vidisha, about 22 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 Madiya
District headquarters Raisen 20 km
Nearest railway station Vidisha 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Gairatganj 26 km

Villages closest to Madiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madiya village had a population of 17. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Madiya village has 10 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madiya has about 700 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

Madiya covers 177.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madiya falls under Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madiya is Vidisha, about 22 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Madiya.

Madiya is about 20 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madiya is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Raisen is about 20 km away. Vidisha is about 22 km away. Gairatganj is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghatkhedi (4.3 km), Belna Mahalpur (4.6 km) and Bahediya (5.4 km).

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

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