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About Medawali Village

Medawali is a mid sized village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,808, made up of 983 males and 825 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 481 hectares hectares.

Medawali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medawali village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sheopur
Tehsil Vijaypur
Area (hectares) 481 hectares
Population 1,808
Male Population 983
Female Population 825
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
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 Medawali compares

By the 2011 count Medawali is the 26th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 481 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 846.

Getting to Medawali

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

Medawali lies about 78 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Bijaipur Road, about 19 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 Medawali
Tehsil headquarters Vijaypur 2.7 km
Nearest railway station Bijaipur Road 19 km
Nearest town Sabalgarh 25 km
District headquarters Sheopur 78 km

Villages closest to Medawali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Medawali village had a population of 1,808. That makes it the 26th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Medawali village has 983 males and 825 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medawali has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 846.

Medawali covers 481 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Medawali falls under Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Medawali is Bijaipur Road, about 19 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 Medawali.

Medawali is about 78 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Medawali is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Vijaypur is about 2.7 km away. Bijaipur Road is about 19 km away. Sabalgarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lahosghani (under 2 km), Aroda (1.6 km) and Barkheda (1.7 km).

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

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