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About Madha Village

Madha is a small village in Kolaras tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 409, made up of 227 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 802 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326.68 hectares hectares.

Madha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Kolaras
Area (hectares) 326.68 hectares
Population 409
Male Population 227
Female Population 182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 802
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Madha compares

By the 2011 count Madha is the 131st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 326.68 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Madha

The census records public bus service for Madha 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Madha from other places

Madha lies about 24 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Khonker, about 14 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
Nearest railway station Khonker 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Kolaras 21 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 24 km

Villages closest to Madha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kolaras 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 409. That makes it the 131st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Madha village has 227 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madha has about 802 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Madha covers 326.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madha falls under Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madha is Khonker, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Madha.

Madha is about 24 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madha is in Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district. Khonker is about 14 km away. Kolaras is about 21 km away. Shivpuri is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dehrod (under 2 km), Gaudhari (under 2 km) and Dargawan (1.9 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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