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About Madwa Village

Madwa is a mid sized village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 731, made up of 378 males and 353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244.33 hectares hectares.

Madwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madwa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 244.33 hectares
Population 731
Male Population 378
Female Population 353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 934
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madwa compares

By the 2011 count Madwa is the 158th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents. Its 244.33 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Madwa

Madwa is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Madwa as Available within 10+ 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. The nearest villages by name are Lalpur, Lamar, Lamro and Ledara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 731. That makes it the 158th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents.

Madwa village has 378 males and 353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madwa has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Madwa covers 244.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madwa falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Madwa notes the nearest railway station 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 <5 km distance for Madwa.

Madwa is in Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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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