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About Madhak Village

Madhak is a large village in Jaitu tehsil, in the district of Faridkot, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,533, made up of 1,329 males and 1,204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 963 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madhak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhak village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Faridkot
Tehsil Jaitu
Pincode 151202
Area (hectares) 963 hectares
Population 2,533
Male Population 1,329
Female Population 1,204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madhak compares

By the 2011 count Madhak is the 23rd largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,013 residents. Its 963 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Madhak

Madhak is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Madhak as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Madhak from other places

Madhak lies about 24 km from Faridkot, and the nearest railway station is Ajit Gill Matta, about 11 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 Madhak
Nearest railway station Ajit Gill Matta 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaitu 13 km
Nearest town Jaito 13 km
District headquarters Faridkot 24 km

Villages closest to Madhak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhak village had a population of 2,533. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,013 residents.

Madhak village has 1,329 males and 1,204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhak has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Madhak is 151202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madhak covers 963 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madhak falls under Jaitu tehsil of Faridkot district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Madhak is Ajit Gill Matta, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Madhak.

Madhak is about 24 km from Faridkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhak is in Jaitu tehsil of Faridkot district. Ajit Gill Matta is about 11 km away. Jaitu is about 13 km away. Jaito is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Surghuri (2.2 km), Khachran (2.6 km) and Kasam Bhatti (3.5 km).

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

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