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About Madeghat Village

Madeghat is a large village in Lakhandur tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,362, made up of 1,175 males and 1,187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 843.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441803, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madeghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madeghat village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bhandara
Tehsil Lakhandur
Pincode 441803
Area (hectares) 843.51 hectares
Population 2,362
Male Population 1,175
Female Population 1,187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madeghat compares

By the 2011 count Madeghat is the 13th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents. Its 843.51 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Madeghat

Madeghat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Madeghat as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Madeghat from other places

Madeghat lies about 55 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Arunnagar, about 8.0 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 Madeghat
Tehsil headquarters Lakhandur 2.7 km
Nearest railway station Arunnagar 8.0 km
Nearest town Desāīganj 14 km
District headquarters Bhandara 55 km

Villages closest to Madeghat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madeghat village had a population of 2,362. That makes it the 13th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents.

Madeghat village has 1,175 males and 1,187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madeghat has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Madeghat is 441803. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madeghat covers 843.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madeghat falls under Lakhandur tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Madeghat is Arunnagar, about 8.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Madeghat.

Madeghat is about 55 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madeghat is in Lakhandur tehsil of Bhandara district. Lakhandur is about 2.7 km away. Arunnagar is about 8.0 km away. Desāīganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kinhala (2.5 km), Lakhandur (2.7 km) and Kanhalgaon (2.9 km).

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

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