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About Medha Village

Medha is a mid sized village in Jawhar tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,477, made up of 729 males and 748 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 648 hectares hectares.

Medha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medha village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Jawhar
Area (hectares) 648 hectares
Population 1,477
Male Population 729
Female Population 748
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Medha compares

By the 2011 count Medha is the 34th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 648 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Medha

Medha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Medha 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. The nearest villages by name are Kogade, Kortad, Kuturvihir and Malghar. 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 Medha

As per the Census of India 2011, Medha village had a population of 1,477. That makes it the 34th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Medha village has 729 males and 748 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medha has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1035.

Medha covers 648 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Medha falls under Jawhar tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Medha 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 10+ km distance for Medha.

Medha is in Jawhar tehsil of Thane 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 Medha today is likely to be higher.

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