About Madgaon Village

Madgaon is a mid sized village in Kudal tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 638, made up of 300 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313 hectares hectares.

Madgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Kudal
Area (hectares)	313 hectares
Population	638
Male Population	300
Female Population	338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,127
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madgaon compares

By the 2011 count Madgaon is the 96th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 313 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Madgaon

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

Madgaon lies about 16 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Zarap, about 5.3 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 Madgaon
Nearest railway station	Zarap	5.3 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kudal	11 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	16 km

Villages closest to Madgaon

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

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Common questions about Madgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Madgaon village had a population of 638. That makes it the 96th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Madgaon village has 300 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madgaon has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

Madgaon covers 313 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madgaon falls under Kudal tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Madgaon is Zarap, about 5.3 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 Madgaon.

Madgaon is about 16 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madgaon is in Kudal tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Zarap is about 5.3 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 8.6 km away. Kudal is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.