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About Madai Village

Madai is a large village in Maihar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,689, made up of 1,358 males and 1,331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1542.5 hectares hectares.

Madai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Maihar
Area (hectares) 1542.5 hectares
Population 2,689
Male Population 1,358
Female Population 1,331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 980
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madai compares

By the 2011 count Madai is the 24th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 1542.5 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Madai

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

Madai lies about 38 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Maihar, about 9.8 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 Madai
Nearest railway station Maihar 9.8 km
District headquarters Satna 38 km

Villages closest to Madai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madai village had a population of 2,689. That makes it the 24th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Madai village has 1,358 males and 1,331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madai has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Madai covers 1542.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madai falls under Maihar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madai is Maihar, about 9.8 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 Madai.

Madai is about 38 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madai is in Maihar tehsil of Satna district. Maihar is about 9.8 km away. Satna is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhanwahi Kalan (1.7 km), Tinduhata (1.8 km) and Patiya (2.6 km).

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

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