About Medshi Village

Medshi is one of the larger villages in Malegaon tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,335, made up of 2,759 males and 2,576 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2942.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 444512, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medshi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medshi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Malegaon
Pincode	444512
Area (hectares)	2942.04 hectares
Population	5,335
Male Population	2,759
Female Population	2,576
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Medshi compares

By the 2011 count Medshi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents. Its 2942.04 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Medshi

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

Medshi lies about 31 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Amanwadi, about 14 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 Medshi
Tehsil headquarters	Malegaon	12 km
Nearest railway station	Amanwadi	14 km
Nearest town	Pātūr	15 km
District headquarters	Washim	31 km

Villages closest to Medshi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Medshi village had a population of 5,335. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents.

Medshi village has 2,759 males and 2,576 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medshi has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Medshi is 444512. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medshi covers 2942.04 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.

Medshi falls under Malegaon tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Medshi is Amanwadi, about 14 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 village for Medshi.

Medshi is about 31 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Medshi is in Malegaon tehsil of Washim district. Malegaon is about 12 km away. Amanwadi is about 14 km away. Pātūr is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.