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About Madha Village

Madha is a mid sized village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,878, made up of 1,033 males and 845 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 941 hectares hectares.

Madha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sheopur
Tehsil Vijaypur
Area (hectares) 941 hectares
Population 1,878
Male Population 1,033
Female Population 845
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 818
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madha compares

By the 2011 count Madha is the 23rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 941 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 846.

Getting to Madha

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

Madha lies about 78 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Bijaipur Road, about 11 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 Madha
Tehsil headquarters Vijaypur 7.4 km
Nearest railway station Bijaipur Road 11 km
Nearest town Sabalgarh 20 km
District headquarters Sheopur 78 km

Villages closest to Madha

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 Madha

As per the Census of India 2011, Madha village had a population of 1,878. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Madha village has 1,033 males and 845 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madha has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 846.

Madha covers 941 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Madha is Bijaipur Road, about 11 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 Madha.

Madha 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.

Madha is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Vijaypur is about 7.4 km away. Bijaipur Road is about 11 km away. Sabalgarh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khitarpal (2.1 km), Bagrod (2.7 km) and Garhi (3.3 km).

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

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