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About Menhadi Village

Menhadi is a mid sized village in Jaora tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 845, made up of 427 males and 418 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 415.68 hectares hectares.

Menhadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menhadi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Jaora
Area (hectares) 415.68 hectares
Population 845
Male Population 427
Female Population 418
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Menhadi compares

By the 2011 count Menhadi is the 77th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents. Its 415.68 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Menhadi

Menhadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Menhadi as Available within 5 - 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 Menhadi from other places

Menhadi lies about 59 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Kachnara, about 13 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 Menhadi
Nearest railway station Kachnara 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaora 24 km
District headquarters Ratlam 59 km

Villages closest to Menhadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Menhadi village had a population of 845. That makes it the 77th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents.

Menhadi village has 427 males and 418 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menhadi has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Menhadi covers 415.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Menhadi falls under Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Menhadi is Kachnara, about 13 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 village for Menhadi.

Menhadi is about 59 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menhadi is in Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district. Kachnara is about 13 km away. Jaora is about 24 km away. Ratlam is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipaliyasir (2.0 km), Kankarwa (2.7 km) and Tarashya (3.0 km).

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

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