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About Madhau Village

Madhau is a small village in Unchahara tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 461, made up of 222 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.13 hectares hectares.

Madhau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhau village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Unchahara
Area (hectares) 150.13 hectares
Population 461
Male Population 222
Female Population 239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,077
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 Madhau compares

By the 2011 count Madhau is the 101st largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 150.13 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Madhau

Madhau is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Madhau 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 Madhau from other places

Madhau lies about 26 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Jaitwar, about 17 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 Madhau
Nearest railway station Jaitwar 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Unchahara 26 km
District headquarters Satna 26 km

Villages closest to Madhau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhau village had a population of 461. That makes it the 101st largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Madhau village has 222 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhau has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Madhau covers 150.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madhau falls under Unchahara tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madhau is Jaitwar, about 17 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 Madhau.

Madhau is about 26 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhau is in Unchahara tehsil of Satna district. Jaitwar is about 17 km away. Unchahara is about 26 km away. Satna 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 Dandi (3.8 km), Titahidandi (3.8 km) and Gadhwa (6.3 km).

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

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