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About Madkhol Village

Madkhol is a large village in Sawantwadi tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,539, made up of 1,699 males and 1,840 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1943.49 hectares hectares.

Madkhol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madkhol village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Sawantwadi
Area (hectares) 1943.49 hectares
Population 3,539
Male Population 1,699
Female Population 1,840
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madkhol compares

By the 2011 count Madkhol is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 1943.49 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1043.

Getting to Madkhol

Madkhol is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Madkhol as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kondure, Kshetrapal, Kumbharli and Kumbharwada. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Madkhol

As per the Census of India 2011, Madkhol village had a population of 3,539. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Madkhol village has 1,699 males and 1,840 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madkhol has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1043.

Madkhol covers 1943.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madkhol falls under Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Madkhol notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Madkhol.

Madkhol is in Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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