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About Madhal Village

Madhal is a mid sized village in Guhagar tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 766, made up of 312 males and 454 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,455 females per 1000 males. The village covers 574.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhal village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Guhagar
Pincode 415702
Area (hectares) 574.51 hectares
Population 766
Male Population 312
Female Population 454
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,455
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madhal compares

By the 2011 count Madhal is the 68th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 574.51 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1367.

Getting to Madhal

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

Madhal lies about 52 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Kamathe, about 18 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 Madhal
Tehsil headquarters Guhagar 17 km
Nearest railway station Kamathe 18 km
Nearest town Chiplūn 19 km
District headquarters Ratnagiri 52 km

Villages closest to Madhal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhal village had a population of 766. That makes it the 68th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Madhal village has 312 males and 454 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhal has about 1455 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1367.

The pincode recorded for Madhal is 415702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madhal covers 574.51 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.

Madhal falls under Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Madhal is Kamathe, about 18 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 <5 km distance for Madhal.

Madhal is about 52 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhal is in Guhagar tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Guhagar is about 17 km away. Kamathe is about 18 km away. Chiplūn is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gimavi (6.0 km), Jamsut (8.4 km) and Ghadewadi (8.4 km).

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

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